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Image OCR — Extract Text from Image

Drop a screenshot, scan, or photo and extract the text inside — entirely in your browser via Tesseract.js. 10 languages including Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese.

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Extracts text from screenshots, scans or photos using Tesseract.js OCR. First run downloads the ~3 MB language model (cached after).

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How to use Image OCR (Text from Image)

  1. Drop or select an image.
  2. Pick the language.
  3. Click Run OCR — wait for the model to download on first run.
  4. Copy or download the extracted text.

What is Image OCR (Text from Image)?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is computationally expensive, so the first run downloads a ~3 MB language model that's cached for future runs. Best results come from sharp, well-contrasted images — try cleaning up brightness/contrast first if your output is messy.

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FAQ

Is my image uploaded?
No. Tesseract.js runs entirely in your browser via WebAssembly.
Why is OCR slow on big images?
Large images take seconds to process. Crop or resize to the actual text region for faster results.

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Aisha Rahmani"The Visual Storyteller"

Design Technologist & Media Specialist

Aisha bridges the gap between pixels and code. With expertise in image processing, SVG optimization, and video compression, she helps creators, designers, and marketers prepare media that looks great and loads fast. She has spoken at design conferences about accessible visual content and has helped agencies reduce page-weight budgets by up to 60 percent without sacrificing creative quality.

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