Extract text from images (OCR)
Extract text from photos, screenshots and scanned PDFs, in German, French, Italian and English. Then copy it or save it as a text file.
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JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC from iPhone and PDF, several at once if you like.
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Works best with sharp, straight photos or scans of printed text. The tool hardly recognises handwriting.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the text recognition?
Very good with clean scans and sharp photos of printed text. Skewed, blurred or dark shots, small print and handwriting lead to errors. Double-check important numbers.
Can I make a scanned PDF searchable?
The tool reads the text from the scan as plain text to copy. It does not create a PDF with an invisible text layer.
Are my images uploaded?
No. Text recognition runs in your browser. Only the recognition program and the language data are loaded from our server, a few megabytes the first time, then from the browser’s cache.
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