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Free OCR Online - Extract Text from Any Image

Powerful OCR tool that extracts text from images, screenshots, and scanned documents online. Supports 100+ languages, runs in your browser, and keeps your documents private. No account needed.

Extract Text from Image (OCR)

Upload an image and extract all text from it instantly. Powered by Tesseract OCR, running entirely in your browser.

Drop your image here or click to browse

Supports JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF up to 20MB

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All processing happens in your browser. Your images are never uploaded to our servers.

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Online Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tool powered by Tesseract. Extract text from any image format in 100+ languages. Private browser-based processing.

Powerful Features

Everything you need to transform your images with professional-quality results

100+ Language Support

Tesseract supports over 100 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and more.

Multiple Image Formats

Process JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and BMP images with equal accuracy.

Structured Text Output

OCR preserves line breaks and paragraph structure from the original document.

Browser-Based OCR

Full Tesseract OCR engine runs in WebAssembly — no data leaves your browser.

How It Works

Get professional results in just a few simple steps

Step 1

Upload Image

Drop any image containing text — photos, screenshots, or scans.

Step 2

Select Language

Choose the text language for better accuracy. Default is English.

Step 3

Get Extracted Text

Copy the recognized text or download as a .txt file.

Perfect For

Discover how professionals use our tool to achieve stunning results

Document Digitization

Convert scanned paper documents and PDFs to searchable digital text.

Example: Digitize a printed invoice by photographing it

Research & Note Taking

Extract quotes from book pages, research papers, or printed materials.

Example: Extract a paragraph from a textbook photo

Accessibility

Extract text from images for screen readers or accessibility tools.

Example: Get text from an image-only PDF for a screen reader

Why Choose Us

See the difference our AI-powered technology makes for your images

Free & No Limits

Extract text from as many images as you need — no daily limits, no paid tiers.

Unlimited free

Works Offline

After initial load, OCR works completely offline — no internet required.

Offline capable

Fast Processing

Tesseract OCR typically completes in 5-15 seconds for standard document pages.

5-15 seconds

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about our tool and how it works.

OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition — the technology that reads text from images.
Our Tesseract-powered OCR achieves 95%+ accuracy on clear printed text. Image quality significantly impacts results.
Yes, Tesseract can handle text on complex backgrounds, though high contrast gives better results.
This tool processes images. To OCR a PDF, first convert it to images using our PDF to JPG tool, then run OCR.

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