Image to Text
Extract editable text from images, scans, screenshots, and photos.
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Free Image to Text Converter
Extract text from images, screenshots, scans, receipts, and documents online.
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Balanced by default. Enhances faint or low-contrast images automatically.
Enhanced OCR may take a few seconds longer but can improve faint or unclear text.
Upload an image
JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WEBP are supported. OCR runs in your browser.
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Upload
Upload a supported image file.
2
Extract
OCR reads the text in your browser.
3
Use the text
Copy or download the extracted .txt result.
What you can convert
Images, scans, receipts, and screenshots
Convert My Docs starts with a simple Image to Text OCR tool that works in your browser.
Document photos
Screenshots
Scans
Receipts
Business cards
Printed notes
Privacy note
Your image stays on your device
Version 1 uses Tesseract.js for client-side OCR. Convert My Docs does not require login and does not store uploaded images.
FAQ
Common questions
Is this image to text tool free?
Yes. Version 1 is free to use and does not require an account.
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. OCR runs in your browser with Tesseract.js, so the image is not stored by Convert My Docs.
Which image formats are supported?
You can use JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WEBP images.
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