Image to Text Converter
Extract text from screenshots, photos, receipts, and scanned notes with a browser-based OCR tool.
How to Use the Free Online Image to Text (OCR) Converter
Click the upload area to select an image containing text (like a screenshot, scanned document, or photo).
Our online tool will automatically start the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process to extract the text from your image.
The extracted text will appear in the 'Extracted Text' box. You can then click 'Copy Text' to save it to your clipboard for free.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is OCR?
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. It is a technology that converts different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents, PDF files or images captured by a digital camera into editable and searchable data. Our online tool uses AI-powered OCR.
How accurate is the text extraction?
The accuracy depends heavily on the quality of the uploaded image. For best results, use clear, high-resolution images where the text is straight and easy to read. Handwritten text may have lower accuracy than printed text.
Is this service free and secure?
Yes, this online OCR tool is completely free to use. Your images are securely processed and are not stored on our servers, ensuring your data remains private.
What this tool is for
The image to text converter extracts editable text from screenshots, photographed notes, receipts, labels, and scanned pages. Upload an image, run OCR, then copy the recognized text into a document, spreadsheet, email, or translation tool. OCR quality depends on the source image: sharp contrast, straight text, and clear lighting usually work better than blurry, cropped, handwritten, or low-resolution images. Review the output before using it in school, office, legal, medical, or financial work.
Common tasks
Extract readable text from screenshots, scanned notes, receipts, and photos without installing OCR software.
- Copy text from a screenshot into a document.
- Turn photographed notes into editable text.
- Extract text from receipts, labels, or forms.
- Convert image text before translating or summarizing it.
Privacy and limits
Use images that you are allowed to process. Avoid uploading documents that contain private IDs, passwords, medical records, or confidential client data.
Maintained by Conversores Online. Last reviewed: May 29, 2026
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