Image to Text Converter

Drop in a screenshot, a photo of a sign or a scanned page, and get the words back as text you can copy, edit and search. Free, with no sign-up.

Drop an image, or browse, or paste Ctrl+V

PNG, JPG, WEBP up to 10 MB. Resized to 768px in your browser before sending.

Layout

Line by line, as it appears in the image. Good for lists, receipts and code.

5 of 5 free tries left today

Extracted text

Add an image and press Extract text.

Results usually arrive in a few seconds.

Copy text from an image in seconds

Text inside a picture is stuck there: you can read it, but you can’t copy it, search it or paste it into a document. This image to text converter reads the words in your picture and gives them back as ordinary text, so you can extract text from image files instead of retyping it.

It works on anything with readable words in it: a screenshot, a photo of a whiteboard, a scanned letter, a menu. If you only need part of the text, copy the whole result and trim it; that’s still faster than typing.

Behind it is an AI vision model, not classic character-by-character recognition. It reads the image the way a person would, which helps with photos taken at an angle or text on busy backgrounds. Words it can’t make out are marked [?] rather than guessed.

Two ways to get your text back

Keep line breaks

The text comes back line by line, exactly as it sits in the image. Best for lists, receipts, code, addresses and anything where each line matters. Tables become one row per line, with columns separated by a vertical bar.

Plain paragraphs

Lines that were only broken by the page width are joined back into sentences. Best for book pages, articles, slides and letters you want to paste into a document.

How to extract text from an image

Add the picture. Upload a PNG, JPG or WEBP up to 10 MB, drag it in, paste it with Ctrl+V, or load it from a link.
Pick a layout. Keep line breaks, or join the text into paragraphs.
Press Extract text. The words appear on the right in a few seconds.
Copy and check. Paste it where you need it and read it once: numbers and names are worth a second look.

Photo to text, for everyday jobs

Screenshots

Copy text from image captures of an error message, a chat or a quote, instead of retyping it.

Signs and labels

Grab an address from a shop sign, a serial number from a label, or a recipe from a packet.

Slides and pages

Turn a photo of a slide, a handout or a book page into text you can edit and search.

Receipts and lists

Keep line breaks on, and items, totals and dates stay on their own lines.

Getting the cleanest text

Crop to the text. The image is resized to 768px before it’s read, so a close crop keeps small print legible.
Shoot straight on. Steep angles and glare are the most common cause of misread words.
Split long pages. For a dense full page, two photos of each half read better than one of the whole.
Need it in another language? The Image translator finds the text and translates it in one step.

Frequently asked questions

How do I extract text from an image?

Add the image to the tool at the top of this page by uploading, dragging, pasting with Ctrl+V or loading a link. Choose whether to keep the line breaks or join the text into paragraphs, then press Extract text. The text appears on the right, ready to copy.

How do I copy text from an image on my phone?

Open this page in your phone’s browser, tap the upload area and pick the photo or screenshot from your gallery. When the text appears, tap Copy and paste it wherever you need it.

Which images work best?

Screenshots, photos of signs, menus, labels, slides and short documents. Clear, well-lit, straight-on pictures give the best results. Very small print on a full page, heavy shadows or decorative fonts can be misread, so check the result before you rely on it.

Can it read handwriting?

Neat handwriting often works; messy or joined-up handwriting is often misread. Unreadable words are marked [?] so you know where to look, instead of being guessed.

Does it keep the original layout?

It keeps the reading order and, if you choose Keep line breaks, the line breaks. Tables come out as one row per line with columns separated by a vertical bar. Fonts, colors and exact positions are not kept.

Does it translate the text?

No, it copies the text in its original language. To translate the words in a picture, use the image translator.

Is it free, and are my images stored?

It’s free with no account: 5 free tries a day across all our tools. Your image is resized in your browser, read by an AI model on Cloudflare Workers AI, and not saved by us. Neither is the extracted text.