Image to Text Converter — Free OCR to Extract Text from Image

Yes. Extract, review and download the clean result without creating an account. Free covers everyday OCR use; longer documents and bulk work are where a paid plan helps. Your images are processed on our servers and removed under our Security policy.

Sharp, well-lit text usually reads cleanly. On blurry phone snaps the result drops, so retake the photo with steady hands and even lighting whenever possible. Cropping out borders, rotating the image upright, and switching between Engine 1 (fast) and Engine 2 (better on stylised fonts) usually recovers the rest of the lost characters.

The Language picker lists more than 30 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian and more. Each run reads one language, so for bilingual receipts, contracts and signs choose the dominant language and check the text in the other script.

Yes. App screenshots, website captures, chat exports, exam questions, invoices, prescription labels, ID cards and product packaging all work as long as the text is readable to a human. The OCR copes well with anti-aliased UI fonts and PDF page exports, making it a quick alternative to retyping text from images for emails, notes or research.

Clean printed and typed text is the strongest use case. Neat block-letter handwriting works in Engine 2 mode, but cursive or messy handwriting is unreliable — for that, use our dedicated Handwriting OCR tool which is tuned specifically for handwritten notes, prescriptions and journals.

After the OCR finishes you can copy the full extracted text with one click, download it as a plain .txt file, or pipe it into our Image to Word converter for a fully editable .docx. The plain text view preserves line breaks so headings, lists and paragraphs survive the round-trip into your editor.

Uploads are processed in a temporary working directory and handled under our Security policy. If you create a share link, anyone with that link can open the result without automatic expiration while Pixoate provides the sharing service. The output has no Pixoate watermark. Review applicable requirements before processing confidential or regulated documents.

Yes. The OCR runs in any mobile browser, so you can snap or upload a photo on your phone and copy the extracted text back, with no app to install. Handy for grabbing text off a printed page, a sign, or a whiteboard while you are on the go.

Open the Language picker in Settings and choose the language your image's text is written in — this is separate from picking the OCR engine and directly affects character recognition. The list automatically filters to only the languages supported by your currently selected engine, so switching engines can reset an unsupported language back to English.

Formatted view preserves the original line breaks, spacing and layout position of text as it appeared in the image — useful for tables, forms and columns. Plain view strips that positioning into simple line-by-line text, which is better when you just want to paste the words into an email or document without the spacing. The toggle only appears when the two versions actually differ.

Start with Default and the correct Language picker setting for a quick pass; if characters are still misread, switch to Engine 2, which handles handwriting and stylised fonts better, and press Extract text again. For clean printed text in a supported language, Engine 1 is usually faster with equivalent accuracy.

No — the result box is fully editable so you can fix a misread word or line before copying it, and the Copy button always copies exactly what's on screen. The Download button, however, saves the original .txt file generated by the OCR pass, not your on-screen edits. If you need the corrected version saved to disk, edit the text, copy it, then paste it into a new file with your own editor.

You can drop the HEIC or HEIF file straight in — the upload accepts PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF, TIFF, BMP, HEIC and HEIF, so an unconverted iPhone photo works exactly like any other image format. The browser decodes it before OCR runs, so there's no separate conversion step needed first.

It does not re-run on its own. Changing the Engine dropdown or the Language picker clears the on-screen result, and nothing is read again until you press Extract text. That keeps the metered OCR step under your control, so a stray dropdown change never costs a second read.

Yes. Upload a JPG, PNG, WebP or most other common image formats (up to 20 MB on Free, 50 MB with Premium or 120 MB with Pro) and the OCR converts the image to editable text. Whether it is PNG to text for a screenshot or JPG to text for a photographed page, pick the source language from the dropdown, run the extraction, then copy the result to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file.

Yes — this text extractor works entirely online in your browser, so there is no .exe installer, desktop OCR software or browser extension to download. Upload the image, the OCR runs on our secure servers, and your file is deleted automatically after the text is extracted. It works the same on Windows, Mac, Linux, and on your phone.

Yes, that is a common workflow for foreign signs, menus and documents. The OCR reads 30+ languages including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Hindi — set the source language to match the image, extract the text, then paste it into any translator. Extracting first gives a much cleaner translation than pointing a camera app at the page.

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 Text (OCR) 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 Text (OCR) 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.

OCR stands for optical character recognition. An OCR scan studies the pixels of a photo, screenshot or scan, recognizes the shapes of letters and digits, and writes them out as characters you can select, edit and search. It reads the words that are visible; it does not understand them or correct spelling for you.

No, this tool takes image files only. A PDF goes through PDF to Text, which copies the text already stored in digital pages and reads scanned pages with OCR. If all you have is a photo or screenshot of a PDF page, upload that image here instead.

Rotate it upright before you upload, because the reader follows lines of text that run level. Turning the picture with the Image Rotator takes a few seconds, and then you can choose Extract text again. A tilted page is better retaken square-on than left at an angle.

Image to Text returns a table as lines of text. The Formatted view keeps the spacing between columns so the layout stays readable, but the cells are not separated. For one value per cell, use Image to Excel or Image to CSV, which show the table in an editable grid before you download.

Check numbers, names, email addresses, codes and characters that look alike, such as 0 and O or 1 and l, against the original. Small print and low-contrast lettering are the likeliest places for a slip. The result box is editable, so fix each mistake before you copy or use the text.

Crop the picture to that part before you upload so only those lines are read. If you just need to copy a sentence or a name, Copy Text from Image lets you drag across the words right on the picture instead of exporting the whole page.

Open the page, drop in the picture, set Language to the language printed in it and choose Extract text. The words appear in an editable box where you can fix a misread word, then copy it or download it. No OCR software or extension needs installing, and the same steps work in a phone browser.

Everyday extraction is free and needs no account: you can extract text from a picture online, read the result on screen and copy it. TXT and Markdown downloads are part of standard use. Word, Excel and CSV are export formats, which Premium includes and other accounts reach through a signed-in export allowance, then credits.

Image to text AI is a popular name for OCR, and this tool is OCR: it reads the letters and digits in a picture and returns them as text. It does not describe what a photo shows or write new text. It reads what is visible, so check names and numbers against the original.

Extract the text, then choose Excel in Download as. It uses the same table reader as Image to Excel, so it suits a photo of a table, and it is a paid export format. To check and correct cells in a grid before the file is made, open Image to Excel directly.

Extract the text, fix any misread word in the box, then choose Copy Text and paste it with Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac. It pastes as plain text with no picture attached, so you can drop it into a document, a chat or a form.

Yes. Take the screenshot, drop it in and select Extract text, then copy the result. Sharp interface text reads well; tiny or low-contrast type is the likeliest to slip, so compare names, numbers and addresses with the screen before you reuse them.

Image to Text reads the words in the language printed on the picture and does not translate them. Image Translator reads a photo of a menu, sign or page and returns the translation in one step. Set Image language to the language in the picture and Translate to the language you want to read.

Photograph the page flat and in even light, upload the photo and choose Extract text. A square-on shot that fills the frame usually reads better than an angled one. Then copy the words or download them as a TXT or Markdown file.