Drag and drop images here or click to the button below.

Click here if the text in the image is not English.

What Is the Image to Text Converter

Image to text convert is an online OCR tool that allows you to extract text from images for free.

The entire process is performed locally in your browser. Your files and images are never uploaded or sent to any external server, including our own. No data leaves your device during the OCR operation, ensuring complete privacy and confidentiality of your documents.

Please note that, converting images does not always yield perfect results. The accuracy of the conversion depends on the quality of the image and the text within it. To convert image to text effectively, make sure to upload clear, high-resolution images with legible text.

How to Convert an Image to Text

To convert an image to text, simply upload your images using the box above. You can either click on the button or drag and drop images, as the system allows you to convert multiple images at once.

By default, the OCR language is set to English. However, this online image to text converter supports multiple languages. To change the language, simply click on the text above the select files button.

The conversion process will begin automatically. If the system successfully recognizes a valid image file, you will see a progress bar showing the percentage completed. After the progress bar is completed, you will see the extracted text. Then, you can copy text or delete the text.

You can convert images for free, so feel free to try as many as you want. Multiple image formats are supported for extracting text, but only image files are allowed; other formats are not yet supported. If you are trying to upload scanned documents, make sure to upload them as a JPG, PNG, or similar image format instead of a PDF.

No images are saved anywhere, so you don't need to worry about your privacy.

What Is OCR Technology?

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology enables text extraction from images. It recognizes printed or handwritten notes within digital images and converts it into machine-readable text. In other words, OCR is a text extractor technology to convert images into text.

This online text converter online uses the OCR to convert images into editable text, allowing you to easily use the extracted text.

Disclaimer

All OCR (Optical Character Recognition) operations are performed client-side using the Tesseract.js library, a port of the famous Tesseract OCR Engine. Thanks to this technology, unlike other image to text converters, no data is sent to or stored on any external servers.

Tesseract.js is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. The library and this page are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.