100% local · no uploads · free
Copy text from images, screenshots & PDFs
A free OCR tool for anything with text in it — photos, scans, error messages, contracts. Extract text from an image or a document and get clean, copyable output, with everything happening in your browser so your files never leave your device.
Paste, drop or upload anything
Images, screenshots and PDFs. Get clean, copyable text in seconds — processed 100% locally in your browser.
…or press Ctrl+V / ⌘+V to paste
100% local — files never leave your browser
Copy exactly what you need
Not just a wall of text. Detect the code, rebuild the table, or grab a single region — and copy it out in the format you actually want.
Screenshot
An error message you can’t select
Paste a screenshot of the error, copy the exact wording, and search or share it instead of retyping.
Copy Text
Code screenshot
A snippet trapped in an image
Pull the code back out of a screenshot or slide — editable in place, so l/1 and O/0 slips are quick to fix.
Copy Code
Table
A grid in an image or PDF
Grid-like regions are rebuilt as real tables you can paste straight into a spreadsheet, Markdown or CSV.
Copy to Excel
A long or scanned document
Scanned pages are OCRed automatically and repeated headers, footers and page numbers are stripped for you.
Clean Text
Or jump straight to a dedicated tool
One engine, tuned for what you have in hand.
Copy text from an image
A free image to text converter that runs inside your browser. Drop a photo, scan or picture and convert the image to text you can actually paste. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no sign-up or watermark.
Open tool →Copy text from a screenshot
Screenshot an error, a chat, a slide or a snippet of code, then press Ctrl+V (or ⌘+V) on this page and convert the screenshot to text. No saving a file, no upload, no sign-up.
Open tool →Copy text from a PDF
Need to copy text from a PDF that will not let you select — or whose copy comes out as gibberish? Drop it here. Digital pages are read from the text layer; scanned pages are converted with local OCR. Headers and footers are stripped.
Open tool →Your files never leave your browser
Most “free OCR” sites upload your screenshots and documents to their servers. Your files are never uploaded to ours — the OCR engine and PDF parser run inside your browser with WebAssembly.
- Works offline after the first load
- No file uploads · no document content logged
- Safe for contracts, IDs and invoices
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free? What’s the catch?
There is no catch. Because the processing happens on your device instead of on our servers, running this site costs almost nothing — so there are no limits, accounts or watermarks.
What can I extract text from?
Images (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF), screenshots pasted straight from the clipboard, and PDFs — including scanned PDFs, which are OCRed automatically page by page.
How is this different from other free online OCR tools?
Most online OCR sites upload your file to a server, meter you by page, and ask for an account once you go past the free tier. Here the recognition model is downloaded to your browser and runs there, so there is no upload, no page cap and nothing to sign up for.
Which languages are supported?
OCR reads printed English, German, French, Japanese and Korean, plus Chinese. PDF text-layer extraction works with any language the PDF contains.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It is a web page: the OCR models and PDF parser are downloaded once and then run inside the browser tab, so it also keeps working offline.
Guides from the blog
How OCR accuracy actually works, and what to do when a file refuses to give up its text.
Guide
How to Convert a PDF Image to Text, Free and Locally
Some PDF pages are images, not text. How to tell which ones, convert them to real text with OCR, and handle files that mix both kinds of page.
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How to Convert an Image to Text You Can Actually Edit
Converting an image to text is easy; getting it out as an editable document, a spreadsheet or Markdown is where it goes wrong. How each format works.
Read the guide →Guide
How to Copy Text from an Image in About 10 Seconds
The fastest way to copy text from an image, plus what to do when the copy comes back wrong: the four mistakes that cause almost every bad result.
Read the guide →