OCR Text Extractor
Extract text from your images and scanned PDFs for free
📸 Extract Text from Image
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Formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, PDF • Max 10 MB
Free OCR: Extract Text from Image Online
Our free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) lets you extract text from your images, screenshots, scanned PDFs and photographed documents. Advanced optical character recognition technology with 100+ language support and 100% free unlimited processing in your browser.
What is OCR and How Does It Work?
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technology that analyzes an image or scanned document to identify and extract the text it contains. Our free OCR tool uses Tesseract.js, the most advanced open-source OCR engine developed by Google, which works directly in your browser without sending your documents to an external server.
Image Text Extraction Use Cases
Digitize Paper Documents
Convert your paper documents to editable text: scanned contracts, paper invoices, readable handwritten notes, administrative archives, old books. Our OCR for PDF also processes scanned PDFs (images) to extract text and make them editable and indexable.
Extract Text from Screenshots
Retrieve text from your screenshots: technical error messages, tweets and social media posts, photographed PowerPoint presentations, Excel data tables as images. Perfect for quickly copying and pasting non-selectable text from images or videos.
Make Documents Accessible
Improve digital accessibility by converting images containing text to text format readable by screen readers for visually impaired people. Create textual versions of graphic documents for RGAA/WCAG compliance.
Advantages of Our Free Online OCR
100% Free and Unlimited
Unlike paid OCR services (Adobe Acrobat $15.99/month, ABBYY FineReader $199), our free OCR offers completely unlimited use without restrictions on number of files, pages or daily conversions. No subscription, no watermark, no intrusive advertising.
100% Local Processing and Privacy
CRITICAL: Our OCR tool works entirely in your browser thanks to Tesseract.js. Your images and documents are NEVER sent to our servers or stored online. OCR processing happens 100% locally on your computer, ensuring total confidentiality for your sensitive documents (contracts, invoices, ID documents, medical records). Absolute GDPR compliance.
Multi-Language Support (100+ Languages)
Our OCR recognizes over 100 languages: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and many more. Automatic bi-language mode (French + English) for documents containing multiple languages. Readable handwritten text recognition for certain languages.
Tips for Better OCR Recognition
💡 Optimize Recognition Quality:
- Resolution: use high-resolution images (300 DPI minimum for scans, clear and sharp photos)
- Lighting: ensure good lighting without reflections or shadows on the document
- Contrast: favor good text/background contrast (black on white ideal)
- Orientation: document must be straight, not tilted or in perspective
- Format: avoid heavily compressed JPG, prefer PNG or original PDF
Limitations and Alternatives
Our free OCR works very well on clear printed text (typed documents, printed books, screenshots). For complex handwriting or very degraded documents, accuracy may be limited. In these cases, professional paid OCR services (Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader, Google Cloud Vision API) offer advanced ML models with better handwriting recognition.
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