Image to Text (OCR)
Extract text from any image using OCR technology. Supports 16+ languages including English, French, Chinese, Arabic, and more.
Select the language of text in your image for better accuracy.
Drop images here or click to upload
Supports PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP, GIF, TIFF — Multiple files allowed
Your images never leave your browser — OCR runs locally
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About This Tool
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology has transformed the way we interact with printed and handwritten text in the digital age. Our free online Image to Text converter uses advanced OCR technology to extract text from any image with remarkable accuracy, supporting over 16 languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and many more. Whether you need to digitize a scanned document, extract text from a photograph, or convert a screenshot into editable text, this tool delivers fast, reliable results directly in your browser.
The OCR engine processes your images entirely on your device, ensuring complete privacy and data security. No files are uploaded to any external server, making this tool safe for extracting text from confidential documents, legal papers, financial records, or personal correspondence. The technology works by analyzing the visual patterns in your image, identifying individual characters and words, and converting them into machine-readable text that you can copy, edit, and search.
Common use cases for OCR include digitizing paper documents for archival purposes, extracting data from invoices and receipts for accounting, converting book pages into editable text for research, and making image-based content accessible to screen readers. Students use OCR to convert lecture slides and textbook pages into searchable notes, while professionals rely on it to process business cards, contracts, and forms. Our tool supports batch processing, allowing you to extract text from multiple images in a single session and download all results at once.
How to Use This Tool
Select the OCR Language
Choose the language of the text in your image from the dropdown menu. Selecting the correct language significantly improves recognition accuracy, especially for languages with unique character sets like Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic.
Upload Your Images
Drag and drop one or more images into the upload area, or click to browse your files. Supported formats include PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP, GIF, and TIFF. You can upload multiple images at once for batch processing.
Wait for Processing
The OCR engine will analyze each image and extract all detected text. A progress bar shows the processing status. The time required depends on image size and the amount of text present, but most images are processed in just a few seconds.
Review and Copy the Text
Each extracted text result is displayed with a confidence score indicating the accuracy of the recognition. Review the text, then copy it to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file for later use.
Advantages & Use Cases
16+ Language Support
Extract text from images in over 16 languages including CJK languages and Arabic, with language-specific models for maximum accuracy.
Complete Privacy
All OCR processing runs locally in your browser. Your images and extracted text are never sent to any external server, ensuring full data confidentiality.
Batch Processing
Upload and process multiple images at once, then download all extracted text as a single file or individual results. Perfect for digitizing multi-page documents.
Confidence Scoring
Each extraction includes a confidence percentage so you can quickly identify results that may need manual review or correction.
Instant Copy and Download
Copy extracted text to your clipboard with one click, or download as text files for use in documents, spreadsheets, and other applications.
Supported Formats & Recommendations
The OCR tool supports PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, BMP, GIF, and TIFF input formats. For best results, use images with at least 300 DPI resolution equivalent. Scanned documents in PNG or TIFF format typically produce the highest accuracy because they preserve text clarity without compression artifacts. JPEG images work well but may show slightly reduced accuracy at lower quality settings due to compression. WebP and BMP formats are fully supported. For multi-page TIFF files, each page is processed individually. The output is plain text in UTF-8 encoding, compatible with all text editors and word processors.