Image to Text (OCR)

Pull text out of photos, screenshots, and scans in your browser with on-device Tesseract OCR. Files never leave this device.

Drop images here

Extract text from photos, screenshots, and scans locally with Tesseract OCR. No uploads.

Use the file picker or drag image files onto this area.

OCR settings

Tesseract loads the engine and language data from a CDN on first run. After that, the browser caches it.

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Pick the dominant language. Each language data pack downloads on first use.

Image to text notes

Private
OCR runs entirely on your device with Tesseract. Documents never leave this browser.
First load
The Tesseract engine and language data load from a CDN on first use, then cache.
Languages
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic.
Best sources
Sharp, high-contrast, well-lit photos. Cropped scans of receipts, IDs, and notes work well.