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OCR — Image to Text

Upload a photo, scan, or screenshot and get back the text it contains, processed by Tesseract OCR on the server.

Tool statusUses server processing
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PNG · JPG · WEBP · BMPServer processing
Drop an image to extract textchoose a file
.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .webp, .gif, .bmp · up to 20.0 MB. Sent to our server to process, then deleted right away.

How it works

  1. Enter your input

    Fill in the values, paste your text, or upload the file this tool works with.

  2. See results instantly

    Most tools update live as you type; a few use a single button. Either way, the result appears right on this page.

  3. Use your results

    Copy, download, or share what the tool produces — you're always in control of the output.

Server-side OCR handling — Images are sent to the OCR endpoint only for the selected language extraction, processed in memory by Tesseract, and discarded after the text response is returned.

What is OCR — Image to Text?

Upload a photo, scan, or screenshot and get back the text it contains, processed by Tesseract OCR on the server.

UNDERSTAND THE TOOL

How to extract text from an image (OCR)

How this works

Unlike every other tool on this site, OCR genuinely needs server-side processing: Tesseract, the open-source OCR engine behind this tool, is a real computer-vision model too large and CPU-intensive to run inside a browser tab. Your image is sent to the server, processed in memory for that one request, and discarded immediately after the text comes back.

How to use it

  • Drop or choose an image containing text.
  • Pick the language the text is written in.
  • Select Extract text, then copy the result.

Tips for accurate results

  • Higher resolution and sharper focus both improve accuracy noticeably.
  • Straight, upright text works better than rotated or heavily skewed text.
  • Good contrast between text and background (dark text on a light background) helps most.

Server-side OCR handling

Images are sent to the OCR endpoint only for the selected language extraction, processed in memory by Tesseract, and discarded after the text response is returned.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which languages are supported?

English, Portuguese, and Spanish — pick whichever matches the text in your image before extracting.

Does this work on handwriting?

Tesseract is trained on printed text and works best on it; handwriting recognition is a different, much harder problem and results will be unreliable.

Is my image stored anywhere?

No. It's processed in memory on the server for the single request and discarded immediately afterward — never written to disk or logged.

Why does OCR use the server?

Tesseract OCR is too heavy for this browser page, so the image is uploaded for one in-memory extraction request and then discarded.

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