OCR Tool Online | Image to Text Converter
Free online optical character recognition (OCR) tool for extracting text from images, screenshots, and scanned documents. Simply upload an image, select the recognition language, and instantly convert images to editable, searchable text for documentation, research, and data processing applications.
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What is OCR?
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that extracts text from images or scanned documents, converting them into editable and searchable digital text. OCR works by analyzing the patterns of light and dark in an image to identify characters and words.
Our OCR tool uses Tesseract.js, an open-source OCR engine that supports multiple languages and formats. It can extract text from various types of images, including screenshots, photographs, and scanned documents.
Typical Use Cases
- Document Digitization: Convert scanned paper documents into digital text
- Data Entry Automation: Extract data from forms, receipts, and invoices
- Text Extraction: Extract text from images and screenshots
- Research: Digitize printed books, articles or research papers
- Accessibility: Extract text from images for screen readers
Tips for Better OCR Results
- Use high-resolution, clear images
- Ensure good lighting and contrast
- Avoid skewed or rotated text
- Select the correct recognition language
- For handwritten text, results may vary depending on clarity and writing style
Supported Languages
Our OCR tool supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, and Hindi.
For best results, select the primary language of the text in your image before starting the recognition process.