OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is technology that recognizes and extracts text from images, photos, and scanned documents.

Which languages does the OCR support?

This tool supports English by default. Additional languages including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Arabic, and more can be selected.

Does this OCR tool work offline?

Yes. The Tesseract.js OCR engine runs entirely in your browser. Your images are never uploaded to any server.

What file formats does it support?

JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and BMP are supported as input formats.

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How Image to Text OCR Works

Upload Image

Upload any image containing text — screenshots, photos of documents, scanned pages, or infographics.

Select Language

Choose the language of the text in your image. Tesseract.js supports 100+ languages.

Copy Extracted Text

The OCR engine recognises all text and displays it for you to copy, edit, or save.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is technology that reads and extracts text from images. It can digitise printed documents, screenshots, and handwritten notes.

Which languages are supported?

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, and many more via the Tesseract.js library.

Does it work offline?

Yes. The Tesseract.js OCR engine runs entirely in your browser. Language data is downloaded on first use and cached locally.

How can I get better OCR results?

Use high-contrast, high-resolution images. Ensure text is horizontal and clearly legible. Scanned documents at 300 DPI or higher give the best results.