Image to Text — Free Online OCR
Extract text from any image in seconds. 100% private — your images never leave your device.
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How it works
- 1. Upload — drop a JPG, PNG, or WebP, or take a photo on your phone.
- 2. Extract — pick a language and click Extract Text. The OCR model loads only then.
- 3. Copy — edit the result, copy it, or download a .txt file.
Powered by the open-source Tesseract OCR engine, running entirely in your browser via Tesseract.js.
Why private?
- No uploads — image pixels stay on your device; we never see them.
- No accounts — open the page and start; nothing to sign up for.
- Works offline after first load — once the page and OCR models are cached by your browser, you can often reuse them without re-downloading (honest PWA-ish behavior, not a guaranteed installable app).
OCR by language & use case
Urdu OCR
Extract اردو text from photos and scans in your browser.
Arabic OCR
Convert Arabic (العربية) images to editable text privately.
Screenshot to Text
Pull text from error messages, chats, and receipts.
Also: JPG to Text · PNG to Text
Free image to text converter in your browser
Photo2Text is an online OCR tool built for people who need text out of a photo without sending that photo to a stranger's server. Whether you snapped a whiteboard, a receipt, or a page of Urdu or Arabic print, you select the language, run Extract, and edit the result locally. We call it best-effort OCR because accuracy always depends on lighting, focus, resolution, and script complexity — especially for Nastaliq Urdu and connected Arabic letterforms.
Looking for a walkthrough? Read how to extract text from an image, our Urdu OCR tips, or an honest comparison of free OCR tools.
Sources & further reading
- Tesseract OCR documentation — open-source OCR engine overview
- Tesseract documentation (tessdoc) — training data, languages, and accuracy factors
- Tesseract.js on GitHub — browser / WASM port used by Photo2Text