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Extract Text from Image (OCR)

Recognize printed text inside a photo or screenshot and extract it as editable, copyable text. Uses Tesseract.js, a WebAssembly build of the open-source Tesseract OCR engine, running entirely in your browser. This is slower than our other image tools, since OCR is computationally heavy, so expect it to take longer on large or text-dense images.

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Frequently asked questions

Why is this slower than other image tools?

Optical character recognition is computationally intensive. Since it all runs on your own device rather than a server, larger or more text-dense images take noticeably longer than a simple format conversion.

How accurate is the text recognition?

Accuracy is good for clear, well-lit printed text. Handwriting, low-resolution scans, and stylised fonts will have more recognition errors.

Which languages are supported?

The tool is configured for English text recognition by default.

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