Image to Text OCR
Recognize printed text in an image with a lazily loaded browser OCR engine. Your files are never uploaded to our servers. ToolkitPoint processes them on your own computer, so confidential documents stay with you.
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How to use Image to Text OCR
- Choose a PNG, JPEG, WebP or BMP file under "Choose a document or photo image".
- Select the language of the text in "Document Language": English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified) or Japanese.
- Press the run button; the status line first reports loading the Tesseract engine and then the recognition progress in percent.
- Read the summary of Words, Characters and Confidence, then proofread the text in the box.
- Use "Copy Recognized Text", "Download as .TXT" or "Download as Markdown (.md)" to keep the result.
Worked example
Upload a clean screenshot of the line "Invoice 2041 Total: $180.00" and choose English. If every character is recognized, the summary shows Words: 4 and Characters: 27, and the text box holds the same line. The two download buttons name the files ocr-extracted- followed by the image's base name, ending in .txt or .md.
When to use this tool
- Copying the text out of a screenshot of an error message.
- Turning a photographed page of a printed book into editable notes.
- Extracting the numbers from a scanned receipt for bookkeeping.
Important limitations
OCR accuracy depends on character resolution, font clarity, and contrast; heavily distorted, curved, or low-contrast handwritten text may require manual transcription.
Frequently asked questions
Can it read several languages in one image?
No, one language is chosen per run. If a page mixes two languages, run it twice and merge the parts, or choose the one that covers most of the text.
What does the confidence percentage mean?
It is the engine's own average certainty across the page, not a guarantee of correct text. A high number can still hide a few wrong characters, so proofread numbers and names.
Why does my Chinese or Japanese page show few words?
The word count splits on spaces, and those languages are written without them. Rely on the character count for such text. Spaces are the only separator it looks at, so use characters for those scripts.
Which pictures give the best results?
Straight, sharp and evenly lit scans with dark text on a light background at roughly 300 DPI. Handwriting, tilted photos, glare, tiny text and heavy stylized fonts usually reduce accuracy a lot.
Does it need a connection?
Yes, at least once. The Tesseract script and the language data are fetched from a public CDN into your browser on first use; recognition itself then runs on your device.