Image to Text - Free Online OCR Converter

Extract text from any image with our free OCR tool. Convert JPG, PNG, screenshots & scanned documents to editable text in 60+ languages.

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OCR Tips for Best Results

• High-resolution scans (300+ DPI) read more accurately

• Make sure the text is upright (rotate first if needed)

• EasyOCR handles handwriting and stylized fonts better

• Set the right languages (e.g. eng,fra for bilingual docs)

About Image to Text

Our OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine reads printed and typed text from photos, screenshots and scanned documents. Choose Tesseract for fast results or EasyOCR for better accuracy on stylized text. Supports 60+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Hindi.

Frequently Asked Questions

For sharp, well-lit text our OCR engines hit 95%+ accuracy. 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 Tesseract (fast) and EasyOCR (better on stylised fonts) usually recovers the rest of the lost characters.

quality

The engine supports 60+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian and more. For bilingual receipts, contracts and signs, pass two language codes (for example eng+fra) so the model considers both scripts and chooses the right characters per word.

features

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.

usage

Clean printed and typed text is the strongest use case. Neat block-letter handwriting works in EasyOCR 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.

technical

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.

features

Uploads are processed in a temporary working directory and automatically deleted within minutes of the OCR finishing. We never use your images to train models, never share them with third parties, and never add watermarks. That makes the tool safe for confidential documents like invoices, prescriptions, contracts and personal correspondence.

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Use Cases

Receipt & Expense Capture

Snap a receipt at the cafe or after a business trip, extract every line item with OCR, and paste it into your expense report or accounting software in seconds — no retyping.

business

Digitize Old Family Letters

Photograph handwritten and typed letters from grandparents, convert them to searchable text, and archive the words alongside the original scans in your family history project.

personal

Notes from Whiteboards & Lectures

Capture a classroom whiteboard or professor's slide and turn it into searchable text notes you can paste into Notion, Obsidian or Google Docs before the next class.

education

Quote Extraction for Research

Photograph book pages, magazine articles or museum plaques and extract the text for citations, blog posts, academic papers and journalism research without manual transcription.

creative

Translate Foreign Signs and Menus

Extract text from a foreign-language sign or restaurant menu, then run it through a translator — the OCR step turns a photo into copyable text any translator can work with.

personal

Process Business Cards Into CRM

Pull names, phone numbers, emails and titles from photographed business cards and paste them straight into Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive or a contact spreadsheet.

business

Accessibility Captions for Screenshots

Generate alt-text and image descriptions for app screenshots in tutorial blog posts, support docs and accessibility-compliant content — readers using screen readers get the full picture.

creative

Send Printed Quotes Over WhatsApp

Convert a printed price quote or contract photo into copyable text so you can paste it into WhatsApp, Slack or email without retyping every line.

business