Best Free Online Image to Text Converter
Welcome to the most advanced online tool for converting images into editable text. Whether you have a scanned document, a screenshot, or a photograph of a printed page, our free Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tool accurately extracts the text in seconds. No registration, no email required. Just instant text extraction with complete privacy.
Standard vs. Advanced Processing
We understand that not all images are perfectly clear. Our Standard Mode is optimized for clean, digital screenshots and high-quality scans, delivering the fastest results. For photographs taken in low light, old documents, or images with uneven lighting, select our Advanced Mode. This mode applies intelligent image preprocessing including grayscale conversion, contrast enhancement, and adaptive thresholding prior to scanning, ensuring maximum accuracy even from challenging images.
Secure and Private by Design
Your privacy is our top priority. Unlike many online tools that upload your files to remote servers for processing, our tool performs all OCR operations directly within your web browser using the Tesseract.js engine. This means your sensitive documents, screenshots, and photos never leave your device. What you process here stays here.
How to Extract Text from Images
- Upload your image using drag & drop, file browse, or paste from clipboard (Ctrl+V)
- Select your language and processing mode for optimal results
- Click Extract Text to run the OCR engine
- Edit and export using the built-in text tools, then copy or download as a .txt file
Pro Tips for Best Results
- Use high-resolution images (300 DPI or higher) for maximum accuracy
- Ensure good lighting and contrast when photographing documents
- For scanned documents and photos, always use Advanced processing mode
- Avoid images with complex backgrounds, heavy watermarks, or extreme glare
- Keep text straight and level; rotated text may reduce accuracy
- Supported formats: PNG, JPG, JPEG, WEBP (maximum 10MB)
Supported Languages
Our OCR tool supports text extraction in over 20 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, and Hebrew. Simply select your desired language from the dropdown before processing.