How accurate is the text extraction?

Accuracy is generally high for clear, well-lit screenshots with standard fonts — handwriting, stylized fonts, or low-resolution/blurry images reduce accuracy.

Does this work on handwritten text, not just typed?

It's optimized for typed/printed text — handwriting recognition is a much harder problem and generally far less reliable with general-purpose OCR.

Is my image uploaded to a server for OCR processing?

No, OCR runs on-device in your browser — the image never leaves your device.

Does Screenshot to Text (OCR) upload my files to a server?

No. Screenshot to Text (OCR) runs entirely in your browser using on-device processing, your files never leave your device.

Screenshot to Text (OCR)

Extract text from a screenshot or image using on-device OCR.

Runs in your browser

Drop a screenshot or image here

Choose File

About this tool

Text trapped in a screenshot or image — a quote in a photo, text in a slide you don't have the source file for, a scanned note — isn't selectable or searchable until it's been extracted as actual text. This tool extracts text from a screenshot or image using on-device OCR, turning image-locked text into text you can copy, search or edit, without uploading the image anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

OCR PDF

Extract text from a scanned or image-based PDF.

Hot

Compress Image

Reduce image file size without losing quality.

Resize Image

Change image dimensions to an exact size.

Convert Image Format

Convert images between JPG, PNG and WebP.

Crop Image

Crop an image to a specific area or aspect ratio.

Hot

Remove Background

Automatically remove the background from an image.

Image to PDF

Combine images into a single PDF document.

Rotate Image

Rotate or flip an image.

Photo Collage Maker

Combine multiple photos into one collage layout.

Watermark Image

Stamp a text watermark over an image.

Meme Generator

Add classic top and bottom caption text to an image.

Batch Rotate Images

Rotate many images at once and download them as a .zip.

PDF Tools

Merge, split, compress and convert PDF files.

Link & QR Tools

Shorten links and generate QR codes and barcodes.

Audio Tools

Convert audio files and turn text into speech, or speech into text.

Video Tools

Compress and process video files, right in your browser.

Developer Tools

JSON, encoding, hashing and text utilities for developers.

SEO & Web Tools

Meta tags, sitemaps, schema markup and other on-page SEO utilities.

Data & Spreadsheet Tools

Clean, convert and inspect CSV, TSV and tabular data.

File Tools

Archive, inspect and convert files, right in your browser.

Business Tools

Invoices, quotations, receipts and other business documents.

Social Media Tools

Resize images for social platforms, count hashtags and preview posts.