How to extract text from an image
- Choose one or more photos or screenshots — or a scanned PDF. You can also paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V.
- Select the language of the text (choose English + Hindi for mixed documents).
- Click Extract text. The first time you use a language, its data (about 1–3 MB) downloads once and is then cached by your browser.
- Check the result, correct any mistakes, then copy or download it.
Tips for better accuracy
- Use a sharp, well-lit photo taken straight from above — avoid shadows, tilt and blur.
- Crop away everything except the text with the crop tool.
- Printed text works much better than handwriting.
- Choose only the languages that actually appear — extra languages can reduce accuracy.
What is OCR?
OCR (optical character recognition) reads the letters in a picture and turns them into real text you can copy, edit and search. This tool uses the open-source Tesseract engine, running entirely inside your browser, so even private documents stay on your device.
Common uses
- Copying text from a WhatsApp image, notice or screenshot.
- Typing up a printed letter, certificate or old document without retyping.
- Getting text from a scanned PDF. (For digital PDFs, PDF to Text is faster and exact.)
Then count words with the word counter or fix capitalisation with the case converter.