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Image to text converter (OCR)

Turn a photo, screenshot or scan into editable text you can copy, search and paste, in English or Arabic.

  • Free
  • No upload
  • No sign-up
  • No watermark
or drop it here Photos, screenshots or scans (JPEG, PNG, WebP…), up to 30 MB. You can also paste a screenshot.

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  1. Your photosRead from your device
  2. Worked on in this tabBy code running in your browser
  3. Saved to your deviceYou download the result

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How to use it

  1. Choose the language of the text.

  2. Add a photo, screenshot or scan (or paste one).

  3. Wait a few seconds, then copy or download the text and check it for mistakes.

About this tool

Optical character recognition (OCR) finds letters in a picture and turns them into real text. This tool uses Tesseract, the open-source OCR engine originally developed at HP and later maintained with Google's support, compiled to run inside your browser. The first time you use it, your browser downloads the engine and language data (about 4–6 MB) from this site; after that it starts quickly.

For the best results, use a sharp, well-lit image with the text straight and filling most of the frame. Printed text works far better than handwriting. Screenshots usually give near-perfect results. To read a scanned PDF, convert its pages to images first with PDF to JPG.

Good to know

  • Handwriting, decorative fonts, very small text and blurry photos give poor results.
  • Tables and multi-column layouts come out as plain lines of text.
  • English and Arabic only for now.
  • Always proofread: OCR can confuse similar characters such as 0 and O.

Frequently asked questions

Is this image to text converter free?

Yes. No sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit.

Are my images uploaded?

No. Recognition runs in your browser. Only the OCR engine and language files are downloaded from this site; your image never leaves your device.

Can it read Arabic text?

Yes. Choose Arabic (or English and Arabic for mixed documents) before adding the image.

Can it read handwriting?

Only neat, printed-style handwriting, and not reliably. It is designed for printed and on-screen text.

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Last updated 2026-10-20 by the Toolkeel team. How we build and check our tools.