Extract text from images using advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. Perfect for converting screenshots, scanned documents, photos of text, and handwritten notes into editable text. Works with PNG, JPG, WebP, and more formats.
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OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technology that converts images of text into machine-readable text. Our Image to Text converter uses advanced OCR algorithms powered by Tesseract, one of the most accurate open-source OCR engines available.
The technology works by analyzing the shapes and patterns in an image, identifying individual characters, and then reconstructing them as editable text. Modern OCR can handle multiple languages, various fonts, and even handwritten text with impressive accuracy.
This tool is perfect for digitizing printed documents, extracting text from screenshots, converting scanned PDFs to editable text, and much more. For converting entire documents, check out our Image to PDF converter.
Ensure images are well-lit with even lighting. Avoid shadows and glare that can obscure text.
Black text on white background works best. Use our Image Enhancer to improve contrast.
Higher resolution images yield better results. Use our Image Upscaler for low-res images.
Keep text horizontal. Skewed or rotated text may not be recognized properly.
Standard fonts are recognized more accurately than decorative or handwritten text.
Remove borders and non-text elements with our Image Cropper before OCR.
Convert scanned papers, receipts, and contracts into editable text. Perfect for digitizing archives.
Extract text from screenshots of websites, apps, or error messages. Use our Screen Capture tool.
Digitize book pages and magazine articles for easy searching and editing.
Quickly extract contact information from business cards into your contacts.
Convert handwritten notes to digital text (works best with neat handwriting).
Extract text from memes and image-based content for accessibility or translation.
Our OCR tool supports all major image formats including PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, BMP, GIF, and TIFF. For best results with non-standard formats, convert them first using our image converters. PNG and TIFF typically produce the best OCR results due to their lossless compression.
We support over 100 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and many more. Select the appropriate language before processing to improve accuracy.
Yes! Most processing happens directly in your browser using client-side OCR technology. Images are not stored on our servers and are automatically deleted after processing. We don't keep copies of your images or extracted text.
OCR accuracy depends on image quality, text clarity, and font type. Common issues include low resolution, poor lighting, unusual fonts, or skewed text. Try using our Image Enhancer to improve contrast, or Image Upscaler for low-resolution images before OCR.
This tool works with images. For PDF documents, you have two options: use our PDF File Viewer to take screenshots of pages, or convert your PDF pages to images first. We're working on a dedicated PDF OCR tool - stay tuned!
Yes, the maximum file size is 10MB per image. For larger images, we recommend using our Image Resizer or Image Compressor first. Higher resolution doesn't always mean better OCR - 300 DPI is typically sufficient for most text.
"Accurate" mode uses more sophisticated algorithms and takes longer but produces better results, especially for complex layouts or lower quality images. "Fast" mode is quicker and works well for clear, high-contrast images with standard fonts. Start with Fast mode and switch to Accurate if needed.