Free · Read the words in a photo

Image to Text (OCR)

Open a photo of a price list, menu, sign, or page and turn the words into text you can edit and copy.

Tesseract.js
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1Open a photo

Open a photo with words in itA menu, sign, price list, or page. On a phone you can take a photo.

Language of the text Improve the photo firstMakes small photos bigger and sharper so the reader sees better. Keep line breaksTurn this off to join lines into paragraphs.

The first time, your browser downloads a language file (a few MB). After that, your photo is read on this device.

2Your text

Your text shows up hereOpen a photo on the left to begin.

Three simple steps

How to use it

Open a clear, well-lit photo.
Wait while the reader works on your device.
Copy or download the text.

Your files stay on this device

The reader runs in your browser. The first use downloads a language file once from the Tesseract project, then your photo never leaves the device. You can keep using the tool offline once the download finishes.