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Image to text
Copy the words out of pictures, screenshots and photos of pages in 31 languages, read on your device with nothing uploaded. Free, with no account or uploads.
What is in the picture?
Printed textBest for mostA scan or a clear pictureA scan, a clear photo or a picture of printed words.A screenshotText from a screenWords from a screen: small letters are enlarged before reading.A photo of a pageStraightened firstA page photographed at an angle: it is found and straightened first.
Language of the words
English
Up to 3 at once; each is downloaded from this site the first time.
Drop a picture to read its words
Or choose pictures from your computer or phone: JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and screenshots. You can also paste a screenshot.
Read on your device by Tesseract. Nothing is uploaded.
Read on your device by Tesseract, from this site's own files; the pictures and their words are never uploaded or kept. Tesseract reads print well and handwriting poorly.
A little help along the way
Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded or kept.
- Say what is in the picturePrinted text, a screenshot, or a photo of a page.
- Choose the languageEnglish and your browser's language are offered first; up to three at once.
- Drop, paste or photographDrop pictures, paste a screenshot, or take a photo on your phone.
- Copy or download the textChange it if you need to, then copy it or download a .txt file.
Every option explained
- Screenshots
- Enlarged up to three times before reading, as Tesseract reads letters about 30 pixels tall best.
- Photos of pages
- The page is found by its edges and straightened, as the PDF maker does, before it is read.
- How sure
- Each picture says how sure the reading was and lists the words Tesseract was least sure of.
- Paragraphs
- Under More options, lines can be joined into paragraphs, with words broken at a line's end mended.
- Limits
- Tesseract reads print well and handwriting poorly.