Image to Text (OCR)

Extract the text from an image, screenshot or photo — drag, drop or paste a picture and copy the recognised words.

Drop an image here or click to choose a file · or paste a screenshot (Ctrl/⌘ + V)

🔒 Runs entirely in your browser — nothing you type is uploaded or stored on a server.

The Image to Text tool reads the words out of a picture using OCR (optical character recognition). Drop in a screenshot, a photo of a document, a scanned page or a snippet you copied, and it recognises the text so you can copy, edit and reuse it instead of retyping. It handles printed text in a range of languages and gives you the result in an editable box, ready to clean up and paste anywhere.

It runs the recognition in your browser. The OCR engine is a WebAssembly build that processes the image on your own device — your picture is not sent to a server to be read. You can hand it an image three ways: choose a file, drag one onto the drop zone, or simply paste a screenshot straight from your clipboard, which is the fastest path for something you just captured.

Recognition quality tracks image quality: a sharp, high-contrast, upright image of printed text reads best, while blurry, skewed or handwritten input is harder. Pick the language that matches the text for the best accuracy. Because the result lands in a normal text area, you can fix any stray characters, then send it on to the Word Counter, tidy it with the AI Text Cleaner, or download it as a .txt file.

How to use

  1. Choose the language that matches the text in your image.
  2. Add the image: click to choose a file, drag one onto the drop zone, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl/⌘ + V.
  3. Wait a moment while the OCR engine loads (first time only) and reads the image — progress is shown.
  4. Review the recognised text in the box and fix any small errors.
  5. Copy the text or download it as a .txt file.

Examples

Screenshot to text
Paste a screenshot of an error message or a chat and get the words as editable text you can search or share.
Photo of a document
Snap a printed page, drop the photo in, and pull out the text instead of retyping it by hand.
Quote from a slide
Grab the text off a lecture slide or an infographic image so you can cite or reuse it.
Scanned receipts or notes
Turn a scan into text you can paste into a spreadsheet or notes app.

Frequently asked questions

Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. The recognition runs in your browser via a WebAssembly OCR engine, so your image is processed on your own device and never sent to us. The engine files themselves are fetched once from a public CDN.
Why does it need to download something the first time?
The OCR engine and its language data (a few megabytes) load from a CDN on first use, so an internet connection is needed for that step. After that the recognition itself is local. This is the one Txtset tool that isn't fully offline.
Which languages are supported?
Common printed-text languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Russian. Pick the one that matches your image for the best accuracy.
Can it read handwriting?
It is built for printed and typed text and is unreliable on handwriting. For the best results use a clear, high-contrast, upright image of printed characters.
Why are there mistakes in the result?
OCR accuracy depends on the image — resolution, contrast, focus and skew all matter. Blurry, angled or low-contrast images produce more errors. The output is editable so you can quickly correct any stray characters.
What image formats work?
Standard web image formats such as PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF. Screenshots pasted from the clipboard work directly.

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