Local OCR · no account required
Image to text
Turn a photo or screenshot into editable words. Review the original, correct the text and download it.
Your image stays in this browser
Read the words in your image
Free · no accountDrop an image here
PNG, JPEG or WebP · up to 20 MiB
Processing and limits
Recognition code and the selected language download from this site. Image contents and filenames are not sent for processing. Maximum 32 megapixels; large images are reduced to 8 megapixels for recognition. One image per job, one minute per recognition stage. This is transcription, not layout reconstruction or editable ink. Download your text before closing or resetting.
Get editable words from a photo or screenshot
Choose one PNG, JPEG or WebP up to 20 MiB and 32 megapixels. Recognition uses English, German, French, Italian or Spanish resources hosted on this site. Large images are reduced to 8 megapixels for recognition. The result is editable text, not a recreated document.
Printed text works best
A sharp, upright image with clear contrast gives the recognizer more useful input. Compare names, numbers, negation and reading order against the original. Handwriting, diagrams, tables and equations may need substantial correction or may not yield useful text.
Keep the image and the corrected words
Download the TXT or copy your corrected text into a note. TXT contains no original image or editable pen strokes. Keep the photo separately. For a scanned PDF, use the PDF tools so you can review source pages. For repeated paper capture, explore the iPhone/iPad scanning workflow.
Three steps to your result
Choose an image
Choose a photo or screenshot, or try the printed sample image.
Review the words
Select its text language and extract the words. Review and correct the result against the image.
Save the text
Copy or download the TXT. Keep the source image, and explore scanning into a Pocket Orbit note for repeated capture.
Before you save
Is this image OCR free?
Yes. Recognition, correction, copy and TXT download need no account or purchase. Pocket Orbit app subscriptions and availability are separate.
Does the image leave my browser?
Image contents and filenames are not uploaded for processing. Recognition workers and the chosen language download from this site. Reset clears the current image and text; download your result before closing the tab.
Can it read handwriting?
It can attempt recognition, but printed text works best. Handwriting can be missing or misread. This tool does not recover editable Pencil strokes, and no accuracy guarantee is made.
Can I turn a PDF into text here?
Use PDF to text for a PDF document. This tool accepts one PNG, JPEG or WebP image. PDF to Markdown also preserves original pages and the PDF in a ZIP.
Is the same local OCR already in the mobile app?
The browser uses Tesseract.js. Pocket Orbit 1.0.13 has a separate mobile scanning workflow. This page does not claim that the engines, processing boundaries or text results are identical; local AI processes supported tasks on your device.
The next step
Make the next page a note
Pocket Orbit on iPhone and iPad brings paper capture into your note-taking workflow.
Capture the page
Keep your original and the downloaded copy together.
How it works →Correct the words
Check important words, names and references before continuing.
See the paper-to-note workflow →Keep it with your notes
Choose the app access that fits your devices.
Plans and availability →
Keep scanned material with your notes and review recognized text before using local AI.
Pocket Orbit
A photo today. A useful note tomorrow.
Capture paper, correct the words and keep your notes together in Pocket Orbit.
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