# Image to Text (OCR) — Free Online

Extract text from an image — photos, screenshots, scans — in 7 languages. Free, no sign-up, no watermark; files deleted immediately after processing.

## What is OCR (image to text)?

OCR — optical character recognition — reads the letters in an image and turns them into real, editable text. Instead of retyping what is on a photo, screenshot, or scanned page, OCR extracts the words so you can copy, search, or edit them.

## How it works here

Your image is processed on our server with Tesseract, a mature open-source OCR engine, and the recognized text is sent straight back to your browser. The file is deleted immediately after processing — never stored. You can pick the language so accents and non-Latin scripts are read correctly.

## When to use it

Copy text from a screenshot, pull a quote out of a photo of a page, digitize a receipt or business card, or get editable text from a scanned document. It saves retyping and makes image text searchable.

## What affects accuracy

OCR works best on clear, straight, high-contrast text. Sharp screenshots and clean scans come out very accurately; blurry photos, handwriting, low light, or skewed angles reduce accuracy. Choosing the right language also helps a lot — pick the language the text is actually written in.

## How to

1. Upload an image (PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP, or TIFF).
2. Choose the language of the text in the image.
3. Click Extract text, then copy it or download a .txt file. The image is deleted from our server immediately after processing.

## FAQ

**Which languages are supported?**

English, Thai, French, Spanish, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. Pick the language the text is written in for the best accuracy.

**How accurate is it?**

Very accurate on clear, straight, high-contrast text like screenshots and clean scans. Blurry photos, handwriting, low light, or skewed angles reduce accuracy.

**Are my images safe?**

The image is processed on our server and deleted immediately after the text is extracted — never stored or shared.

**Can it read handwriting?**

No. This recognizes printed/typed text. Handwriting is not reliably supported.

**Is it free?**

Yes, completely free — no sign-up and no watermark.


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