Nothing is uploaded

Extract text from any image

Screenshots, photographed documents, whiteboards — on-device OCR turns them into editable text without the image ever leaving your browser.

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Retyping text from a screenshot is busywork, but most OCR sites make you upload the image to their servers — and screenshots are exactly the kind of file you don't want uploaded: conversations, invoices, credentials, contracts. This tool runs the OCR engine on your own device instead.

Drop in the image (or paste a screenshot straight from the clipboard), let the recogniser read it, then fix anything it got wrong in the editable box and copy the result. English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German are supported.

Why use it

Editable result

The recognised text lands in a text box you can correct before copying — OCR is never 100%, so the last metre matters.

Five languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German packs, downloaded once and cached.

Screenshots stay private

The Tesseract engine runs in your browser via WebAssembly — nothing is uploaded.

Tools that run on your device

All free, all private — nothing here uploads your images.

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Frequently asked questions

How accurate is the text recognition?

Very good on clean screenshots and printed documents; photos taken at an angle, handwriting and low light reduce accuracy. Sharp, straight-on images with good contrast recognise best — and the result box is editable, so fixes are quick.

Is my screenshot uploaded for the OCR?

No. The engine (Tesseract, compiled to WebAssembly) runs on your device. The image never leaves your browser.

What languages can it read?

English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German. Pick the language before recognising; the language pack downloads once and is cached for offline use.

Can I extract text from a PDF?

Turn the PDF's pages into images first with the PDF to Images tool, then run each page through the text extractor — both run entirely in your browser.

Try it — your images never leave your device

Free, unlimited, and completely private.

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