What is the Image to Text OCR?
An image to text converter uses optical character recognition (OCR) to read printed text in a picture and turn it into editable text. AnyShift runs the Tesseract engine in your browser and supports English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and more. Paste a screenshot with Ctrl/Cmd + V or drop a photo.
How to convert IMAGE to text
- Drop, paste or choose an image.
- Select the text language.
- Wait a few seconds for recognition.
- Copy the text or download it as .txt.
Why use AnyShift's Image to Text OCR
Files stay on your deviceProcessing happens locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server.
Fast, no queueNo upload or download wait. Results are ready as soon as your device finishes.
No signup, no watermarkUse it as often as you like. Output is clean and full quality.
Works everywhereWindows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and Chromebook — any modern browser.
Popular use cases
- Copying text from screenshots
- Digitising printed documents and receipts
- Extracting quotes from book photos
- Translating text in images
Frequently asked questions
Does it read handwriting?
Neat block handwriting sometimes works, but OCR is designed for printed text.
How can I improve accuracy?
Use a sharp, well-lit, straight-on photo with text at least 20 px tall, and choose the correct language.
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