OCR — Extract Text From Images
Upload any image — screenshot, photo of a document, receipt, business card — and extract all text from it using AI. Runs 100% in your browser. Your documents never leave your device.
Drop an image here or click to upload
Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF
How This Free OCR Tool Works
This OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool uses the Transformers.js library to run a real AI model directly in your web browser. The model — TrOCR — was developed by Microsoft and fine-tuned for printed text recognition. When you upload an image, the AI analyzes pixel patterns and converts them into readable text. No server is involved at any step.
The AI model is downloaded once (around 60 MB) and cached in your browser. After that initial download, the tool works completely offline — ideal for sensitive documents where privacy matters most.
What You Can Extract Text From
- Screenshots — Extract text from app screenshots, error messages, code snippets
- Photos of documents — Digitize printed pages, contracts, letters
- Receipts — Pull out line items, totals, dates from store receipts
- Business cards — Quickly capture names, phone numbers, emails
- Whiteboards — Digitize handwritten meeting notes (printed-style works best)
- Book pages — Convert scanned book pages into editable text
Why Browser-Based OCR Matters
Traditional OCR services require uploading your images to cloud servers. That means your private documents — financial records, medical reports, legal papers — travel across the internet and get stored on someone else's machines. This tool eliminates that risk entirely. The AI runs on your CPU/GPU using WebAssembly and WebGPU, keeping everything local.
This approach works in all modern browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. The extracted text appears in an editable text area, so you can correct any errors before copying or downloading. For best results, use clear images with good contrast and reasonably sized text.
Tips for Better OCR Results
Use well-lit, high-contrast images. Avoid skewed or rotated text. Larger text produces better results. For multi-column layouts, crop each column separately. The AI works best with printed text in Latin scripts, though it can handle a variety of fonts and sizes.