Image to Text (OCR)
Free online OCR. Extract text from images, screenshots, photos, and scans right in your browser — 100+ languages, no upload, no signup.
Drag & drop an image, or click to browse
Screenshot, photo or scan · the AI reads it privately in your browser — nothing is uploaded
First run downloads the AI engine + language data (cached after).
About This Free Online Image to Text (OCR)
Our free image-to-text (OCR) tool reads the text inside an image and turns it into editable, copyable text — entirely in your browser. Drop in a screenshot, photo, scanned page, or any picture with text, choose the language, and the AI optical character recognition engine extracts the words for you. It supports more than 100 languages and runs on your own device using WebAssembly, so your image is never uploaded to a server and there is no signup or limit. It is perfect for copying text from screenshots, digitizing notes and documents, grabbing quotes from photos, and pulling text out of images you cannot select.
Features of Our Image to Text (OCR)
- Extract text from images, screenshots, photos, and scans
- Powered by on-device AI OCR (Tesseract, WebAssembly)
- 100+ languages supported
- Copy or download the extracted text
- Nothing uploaded — runs entirely in your browser
- Free, no signup, no limits
How to Use the Image to Text (OCR)
Using this tool is simple and requires no signup or registration. Follow these steps:
- Drag and drop an image or click to choose one.
- Pick the language of the text in the image.
- Click Extract text and wait for the AI to read it.
- Copy or download the recognized text.
Frequently Asked Questions About Image to Text (OCR)
Is this OCR tool really free and private?
Yes. The text recognition runs entirely in your browser with WebAssembly, so your image never leaves your device and is never uploaded to a server. There is no signup, no watermark, and no page limit.
What image formats and languages work?
It reads PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, and BMP images and supports over 100 languages. Pick the language that matches the text in your image for the best accuracy.
Why is the first run slower?
The first time you use it, the OCR engine and the language data download to your browser (from a public CDN, not our server) and are then cached. After that, recognition is much faster.
How can I get the best accuracy?
Use a clear, high-resolution image with good contrast and straight (not skewed) text. Screenshots and clean scans work best; very small, blurry, or stylized text is harder to read.
Why Choose Text Toolbox?
Text Toolbox provides free, private, and instant online text tools. Unlike other text utility websites that require signup accounts or send your data to servers, all our tools process your text entirely in your browser. This means your content never leaves your device — we cannot see it, store it, or share it. Our tools are fast, lightweight, and work on any device with a modern web browser.