Picture to text: copy the words from a photo (free OCR)
Take a photo of a letter, a label or a page and get the words as text you can copy, search, enlarge or listen to. Nothing is uploaded.
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Text recognition by tesseract.js and Tesseract OCR (Apache 2.0), running in your browser.
How to use it
- Drop a clear photo, screenshot or scan into the box, or click to choose one. On a phone you can take a new photo.
- If a picture is sideways, press "Turn" under it until the words are upright.
- Press "Get the text". The first time, the reader takes a few seconds to get ready.
- Check the words, then copy them, save them, make them bigger or listen to them.
Questions and answers
Are my pictures uploaded?
No. The words are read by a program that runs inside your browser, so your photos and the text stay on your device.
Why are some words wrong?
Blurry, dark or tilted photos are harder to read. Use good light, hold the phone straight above the page and fill the picture with the words.
Which languages and writing does it read?
It reads printed English best. Neat capitals can work; joined-up handwriting usually comes out wrong.
Can it read a scanned PDF?
Turn the PDF pages into pictures first with PDF to JPG, then drop those pictures here.
Why is the first time slower?
The first time, your browser downloads the reading program and the English word model (about 6 MB). After that it is kept, so it starts faster.
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