Image to Text (OCR) — Free
Turn photos, screenshots and scanned documents into editable text right in your browser. Free OCR with English, Urdu and more languages — your images never leave your device.
Drag & drop your image here
or click to browse — PNG, JPG or WebP, stays on your device
Files never leave your devicePick the language of the text in your image — matching the language gives better results. Recognition runs on your device; accuracy depends on image quality.
How to extract text from an image
- Drop a photo, screenshot or scanned document into the box above (PNG, JPG or WebP).
- Choose the language of the text in your image — English, Urdu, Arabic and more.
- Click Extract Text, review the editable result, then copy it or download it as a .txt file.
About this free OCR tool
PDFPax's image-to-text tool reads the words inside your pictures and turns them into text you can copy, edit and search. It works on screenshots, photos of documents, book pages, signs and whiteboards — anything with printed text. The recognition engine runs entirely in your browser using the open-source Tesseract OCR library, so your photos are never uploaded to a server; only the small language-data files are downloaded once so the engine can read your chosen language. One honest note: this is real OCR, not magic — clear, well-lit, straight-on text on a plain background extracts very well, while blurry photos, heavy shadows, decorative fonts and handwriting give poor results. The result always opens in an editable box so you can fix mistakes before copying. It's free, with no account and no watermarks.
Frequently asked questions
Which languages does the OCR support?
English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, German and Hindi. Pick the language of the text in your image before extracting — matching the language gives noticeably better results.
How accurate is the text extraction?
Accuracy depends on image quality. Clear, well-lit, straight-on text on a plain background extracts very well. Blurry photos, heavy shadows, decorative fonts and handwriting give poor results. The result opens in an editable box, so always review it before copying.
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. The recognition engine runs locally in your browser tab — your image is never sent anywhere. Only the small language-data files are downloaded once from a CDN so the engine can read that language.