Upload an image, extract the text from it
Works best on clear, high-contrast scans or photos. Images only, no PDF yet.
OCR (optical character recognition) reads the text inside an image and turns it into editable, copyable text — instead of a picture of words, you get the actual words. Upload an image here and the text comes back in a plain text box.
Choose an image file.
Press "Extract Text."
Copy the text out of the box below.
Yes — there's no paywall, no watermark, and no sign-up required.
Not yet — this tool only accepts image files (JPG, PNG, BMP, WEBP, TIFF). If you're working from a PDF, take a screenshot or export the page as an image first, then upload that.
It's built on an engine tuned for English and Chinese text. Other Latin-script languages may come through reasonably well, but accuracy isn't guaranteed outside English and Chinese.
The result appears in a plain text box — select it, copy it, or edit it directly before pasting it somewhere else.
Yes — your image is processed for the request and never saved anywhere. No account or sign-up is required to use it.
Anyone with text trapped inside an image runs into the same need: get it back out as text you can search, copy, or edit.
Pull text out of a scanned letter, form, or printed page.
Grab text from a screenshot instead of retyping it by hand.
Extract details from a photographed receipt or handwritten label.
Copy a quote or passage from a photo of a printed page.
Yes — there's no paywall, no watermark, and no sign-up required.
Not yet — this tool only accepts image files (JPG, PNG, BMP, WEBP, TIFF). Take a screenshot or export a page of the PDF as an image first, then upload that.
It's built on an engine tuned for English and Chinese text. It may pick up other Latin-script languages reasonably well, but accuracy isn't guaranteed outside English and Chinese.
Clear, high-contrast scans or photos with the text right-side up and in focus. Blurry photos, low contrast, or heavily stylized fonts reduce accuracy.
Yes, it appears in a plain text box you can select, edit, and copy directly.
No. Your image is processed for the request and never saved anywhere.