Copy text from any image
Drop a photo, scan or picture and get clean, copyable text in seconds. Everything runs locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Drop your image here
Photos, scans, memes, whiteboards — PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP or AVIF. The text is extracted right here in your browser.
…or press Ctrl+V / ⌘+V to paste
100% local — files never leave your browser
How it works
Add your image
Drag & drop, paste from the clipboard, or pick a file. PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF all work.
We read it locally
A neural OCR engine runs inside your browser — your image never touches a server.
Copy clean text
One click to copy or download. Optional cleanup fixes broken lines and hyphenation.
Why this one?
No uploads, ever
The OCR engine runs in your browser via WebAssembly. Airplane mode works after the first load.
Accurate neural OCR
Powered by PP-OCRv6 — English, German, French, Japanese and Korean printed text, locally.
Smart text cleanup
Un-breaks hard-wrapped lines, removes stray hyphens and normalizes whitespace — without touching your content.
Free, no sign-up
No accounts, no watermarks, no page limits. It is just a web page.
Frequently asked questions
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. The OCR engine runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly. Your image never leaves your device — you can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads.
Which image formats are supported?
PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF. If your browser can display it, we can usually read it.
Which languages can it read?
Printed English, German, French, Japanese and Korean, plus Chinese. Handwriting and heavily stylized type are less reliable.
How accurate is the text recognition?
For clear printed text — screenshots, scans, book photos — accuracy is typically excellent. Handwriting, heavy blur or very small text reduce accuracy. A sharper, higher-resolution image always helps.
Is it really free?
Yes. Because processing happens on your device, it costs us almost nothing to run — so there are no limits, accounts or watermarks.
Related guides
Longer write-ups on getting clean text out of tricky files.
Guide
7 Ways to Get Better OCR Results from Photos and Scans
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Why OCR Should Run in Your Browser, Not on a Server
Uploading screenshots and contracts to a free OCR site is a privacy leak hiding in plain sight. Local, in-browser OCR removes the risk entirely.
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Can’t Select That Text? Here’s How to Copy It Anyway
Disabled right-click, text baked into images, protected PDFs, video frames — a field guide to copying text from places that refuse to let you.
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