OCR - Image to Text

Extract text from images using optical character recognition. Supports multiple languages. All processing runs in your browser.

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Language: English Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Russian Arabic Hindi Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Japanese Korean Select the language of the text in your image for best results.

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About OCR

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text within images into machine-readable text. This tool uses Tesseract.js, an open-source OCR engine that runs entirely in your browser.

Tips for Best Results

• Clear text: Use images with sharp, high-contrast text
• Straight alignment: Text that is horizontal works best
• Good resolution: Higher resolution images produce better results
• Correct language: Select the matching language for your text
• Simple backgrounds: Plain backgrounds improve accuracy

What is OCR?

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that extracts text from images, scanned documents, photos, and screenshots. It analyzes the shapes and patterns in an image to identify individual characters and words.

Common Use Cases

• Scanned documents: Convert paper documents to editable text
• Screenshots: Extract text from screenshots or screen captures
• Photos: Read text from signs, labels, or printed material
• PDFs: Extract text from image-based PDF pages