OCR — Image to Text Extractor
Pull text out of screenshots, scans and photos — self-hosted engine, image never uploaded
Recognition runs entirely in your browser via a self-hosted Tesseract engine (downloaded once, then cached). Your image never leaves the device.
About this tool
Free OCR extractor: pull text from screenshots, scans and photos with a self-hosted Tesseract engine. Auto image enhancement, nothing uploaded. OCR — Image to Text Extractor runs in the browser on DevTools. There is no signup, and your input stays on this device unless the tool explicitly performs a live network lookup.
What this tool does not do
- OCR — Image to Text Extractor is a free in-browser utility, not a hosted API. It does not keep server-side history and is not a substitute for production verification in your own stack.
How do I use this tool?
How do I use OCR — Image to Text Extractor?
Open OCR — Image to Text Extractor, enter or paste your input, and copy the result. The page works without an account.
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