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French OCR Image to Text with Accents

Extract French (Français) text from photos, scans and screenshots with its accents kept. French is already selected, so é, è, à, ç, œ and the other accented letters are read instead of turning into plain e, a and c.

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Step by step

How to Convert a French Image to Text

  1. 1

    Add the image

    Choose a photo, scan or screenshot with French text, or paste it with Ctrl+V.

  2. 2

    French is selected

    The French model knows é, è, ê, à, ù, ç, ô, œ and the other accents.

  3. 3

    Clean up phone photos

    For a dim photo of paper, turn on the B&W scan filter and tap Extract again.

  4. 4

    Copy the text

    Check the result, then tap Copy Text or Download as .TXT.

FAQ

French OCR: Questions

Why choose French instead of English?

The English model doesn't know accented letters, so é and ç often come out as e and c. With French selected, the accents are recognised.

Is French OCR free?

Yes, with no sign-up, no watermark and no limit on the number of images.

Does it keep the French quotation marks and apostrophes?

Usually yes: « », ’ and similar punctuation are part of the French model, though very small punctuation may need checking.

Are my images uploaded?

No. The OCR runs in your browser and the image never leaves your device.

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