Image to Text

Copy the text out of photos, screenshots and scans.

When to use it

Use it to copy text from a photo of a sign, a screenshot, a receipt or a scanned page.

How it works

Choose your files, or drop them onto the box above. You can add several at once.
Add one or more images (or a scanned PDF). Several images are read as the pages of one document.
Press the Get text button.
Download the result, or add a next step without downloading.

Supported formats

Input: PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP, PDF
Output: TXT
Files: Several files, combined into one result

Where your file goes

This tool runs in your browser: the file is processed on your device and is not uploaded. The Network tab of your browser's developer tools shows this.

On first use, your browser downloads the code this tool needs from this site. Your file is not sent anywhere.

What is kept, and what is not

You get plain text in reading order, including right-to-left languages. Layout, fonts and pictures are not kept.

Limits

You get the text only. Layout, fonts and pictures are not kept.
Files up to 512 MB each.
PDF documents up to 5,000 pages.
Images up to 100 megapixels.
The work happens in your device's memory, so a phone may fail on a file that a computer handles.

If something goes wrong

The result contains strange characters

Choose the language of the text in the language option. A blurred or very small picture also lowers accuracy.

The PDF asks for a password

Remove the password first with Unlock PDF (you need to know it), then try again.

The page becomes slow with a very large file

Close other tabs, or use a computer instead of a phone.

My file is not accepted

Check the formats listed above. A damaged file, or one with the wrong extension, is refused with a message saying why.

Questions

Can I add several images at once?

Yes. Several images are read as the pages of one document, in the order you add them.

Can it read text from a PDF?

Yes, from scanned PDFs. If a PDF already contains text, PDF to Text is faster.