Image to Text Converter – Free OCR in English, Bangla, Hindi & More
Copy text from photos, screenshots and scanned pages in seconds. Pick the language, clean up dark photos with the B&W scan filter, then copy or download the text. Free, no sign-up.
100% Local WebAssembly OCR — Your private documents & notes stay on your device.
- No upload
- 7 languages
- Works offline
- No watermark
Step by step
How to Extract Text from Screenshots & Scanned Photos Offline
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Add the image
Drop a photo, scan or screenshot on the box, tap to pick one, or paste a screenshot straight from the clipboard with Ctrl+V.
- 2
Choose the language
Pick the language of the text: English, Bangla, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, French or Chinese. Its data downloads once and is remembered.
- 3
Clean up the photo
For a dim or shadowy phone photo of paper, turn on the B&W scan filter. It makes the text crisp black on white before reading.
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Copy or download
Edit the text if needed, then tap Copy Text or Download as .TXT. The word and character counts update as you type.
7 languages
Supported OCR Languages
Each language uses its own trained model, so pick the one your text is written in. Mixed-language pages work best with the main language selected.
| Language | Script | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| English | Latin | The most accurate; also reads numbers, emails and links. |
| Bengali / Bangla (বাংলা) | Bengali | Printed Bangla, such as books, notices, forms and screenshots. |
| Hindi (हिन्दी) | Devanagari | Printed Hindi; also helps with Marathi and Nepali text in Devanagari. |
| Arabic (العربية) | Arabic | Right-to-left text is kept in the right direction. |
| Spanish (Español) | Latin | Accents such as á, é, ñ are recognised. |
| French (Français) | Latin | Accents such as é, è, ç are recognised. |
| Chinese Simplified (简体中文) | Han | Printed Simplified Chinese; works best on clear, high-resolution images. |
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Why OCR in your browser is safer
- Screenshots of chats, ID cards, bank details and handwritten notes are private. Most online OCR sites upload them to a server; here the OCR engine runs inside your browser with WebAssembly.
- Your image is never sent anywhere: 0 bytes uploaded. Once the page and your language have loaded, it even works offline.
- No account, no email, no watermark and no limit on how many images you convert.
Free Android app
JaxScan: the private scanner in your pocket
Scan, compress, convert, sign and protect documents offline on your Android phone, without uploading a single page.
- No account
- No ads
- No cloud upload
- Works offline
- Fingerprint app lock
Scan to PDF in seconds
Auto edge detection and 10 filters that lift shadows and turn paper bright white. Batch-scan a whole stack into one PDF.
ID card photocopy
Front and back on one printable page, like a photocopy, ready for any job, bank or visa application.
Offline OCR in many languages
Copy text from any photo: English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more, even in airplane mode.
Sign, redact & lock
Draw your signature once and reuse it, black out private details for good and lock PDFs with an AES-256 password.
Complete PDF toolkit
Merge, split and compress PDFs, add page numbers and watermarks, and convert to Word, PowerPoint and images.
QR & barcode scanner
Join Wi-Fi, open links, save contacts and events in one tap, with a full scan history.
FAQ
Image to Text: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I extract text from an image for free?
Add your image (or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V), choose the language of the text and wait a few seconds. The text appears in an editable box where you can copy it or download it as a .txt file. It is free with no sign-up.
Does it support Bangla (Bengali) OCR?
Yes. Choose Bengali / Bangla in the language list to read printed Bangla text from photos, screenshots and scans. Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, French, Chinese (Simplified) and English are supported too.
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. The OCR engine (Tesseract, compiled to WebAssembly) runs inside your web browser, so your images never leave your device: 0 bytes are uploaded. Only the engine and language data are downloaded from this site the first time.
How can I get better results from a phone photo?
Turn on the B&W scan filter: it turns shadows and grey paper into crisp black-and-white text. Also hold the phone straight above the page, use good light, and crop away anything that isn't text. Clear, printed text gives the best results.
Can it read handwriting?
It is made for printed and typed text, such as documents, books, screenshots and signs. Neat block handwriting may partly work, but joined-up handwriting usually is not recognised reliably.