Image to Markdown Converter — Screenshot to Markdown with OCR

Text is read line by line and kept in reading order. When words line up in columns, the converter rebuilds them as a Markdown pipe table with a header row, which renders as a real table in GitHub, Notion and Obsidian. Headings, bullet points and code come out as plain text lines, so add # heading marks, - list markers or backtick fences in the editable output before you copy or download it.

Yes, for the text and any tables. Upload the rendered README, blog post or docs page and you get its words in reading order, with tables rebuilt as pipe tables. Headings, lists and code formatting need to be marked again by hand, so it suits rescuing your own content from a page whose source you no longer have rather than producing an exact copy of the original file.

Tables use GitHub-Flavored Markdown (GFM) pipe-table syntax, a header row followed by a |-|-| separator line, which VS Code, Notion, Obsidian, Bear, Logseq and the GitHub web UI all render. Everything outside a table is plain text, so the rest of the file is valid CommonMark too.

Yes. The Markdown is plain text that you can paste directly into any editor. Notion turns pasted pipe tables into table blocks; Obsidian and VS Code render them as-is. Use the Copy button for clipboard paste, or download the .md file to drag into your vault or repository; both include any corrections you typed.

Code in a screenshot comes back as plain text lines, without backticks. Wrap snippets in triple backticks yourself in the editable output, add a language hint (```js, ```python) for syntax highlighting, and proofread brackets, quotes and indentation before you copy the result.

Uploads are removed under our Security policy — unless you explicitly share a result, which keeps it at a public link anyone who has it can open without automatic expiration while Pixoate provides the sharing service — and never reused for training. The Markdown output has no watermark, no attribution comment and no tracking pixel — it is plain text that you fully own. This makes the tool safe for client documentation, technical writing and internal knowledge-base imports.

Use the Engine dropdown in Settings — Default handles most screenshots and photos well, while Engine 1 or Engine 2 can recover more accurate results on stylised fonts or unusual table borders. Switching clears the previous result, so press Extract text again to regenerate the Markdown output.

Yes — the Language picker lets you select the script your image contains (English by default), which improves recognition of accented characters, non-Latin alphabets and locale-specific punctuation. Only languages supported by the currently selected engine are listed, so switching engines may reset an unsupported choice back to English.

Yes — the result appears in an editable textarea, so you can fix a misread word, correct a table cell, or add heading and list marks right there. Copy Markdown and the .md download both use your edited version.

Set the Language picker to the page's language, try Engine 2 first since documentation often uses monospaced or stylised fonts, then add heading marks and code fences and proofread the tables in the editable output textarea before copying. Text comes back line by line, so that markup step is what turns the read into a usable README.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 images on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every image is processed with the same settings before you download a single ZIP. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 images on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking scan or photo gets refused.

Accuracy tracks the source image more than any setting. Shoot or scan straight on rather than at an angle, get even light with no shadow falling across the page, and fill the frame with the document. Set the language before you run it — OCR guessing the wrong alphabet is the usual cause of output that looks like nonsense. Always read the result before you rely on it.

Image to Markdown supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — Image to Markdown runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.

An MD file is a plain-text Markdown document saved with the .md extension. Upload the JPG, PNG or photo, choose Extract text, and this image to MD converter returns the words, with any table as a pipe table, ready to download as an .md file.

This tool reads an image and writes Markdown, not the reverse, so it cannot render Markdown into a picture. The Markdown Editor shows a live preview and exports HTML or an .md file.

Both use the same Markdown conversion. This page opens the result in an editable box with a Copy Markdown button, so you can use it straight away. Image to Text shows plain text first and offers .md as one of several download formats.

Yes. Image to CSV and Image to Excel show the same table in an editable grid and export a .csv or .xlsx file. Choose Markdown when the table is headed for a README, wiki or notes app that renders pipe tables.

Handwriting is unreliable here. Use Handwriting OCR to get the text from the photo, then add Markdown marks to it by hand. Image to Markdown is meant for printed or typed text and tables.