# Image to text

Extract text from a photo, scan or screenshot with on-device OCR. English for now. Copy or download the result. The image never leaves your browser.

Use it: https://toolovi.com/en/tools/image-to-text
Runs in the browser. Nothing is uploaded. Free, no account.

## How it works

Drop a clear photo or screenshot and press Extract text. The recogniser runs inside your browser; the first use downloads it once (about 7 MB) and then works offline.

Best results come from straight, well-lit images with dark text on a light background. Crop out unrelated areas before uploading and the accuracy goes up noticeably.

## Questions

### Which languages are supported?

English today. Arabic, Urdu, Hindi and others are planned; each adds a language file that downloads on demand.

### Does it read handwriting?

Printed text only. Neat block capitals sometimes work, cursive does not.

### Why is my photo processed slowly on a phone?

Recognition runs on your device's processor. A page of text takes 5 to 20 seconds on a mid-range phone. Nothing is sent to a server, which is the point.

## Related tools

- [Image compressor](https://toolovi.com/en/tools/image-compressor/index.md)
- [Text compare](https://toolovi.com/en/tools/text-compare/index.md)
- [Word counter](https://toolovi.com/en/tools/word-counter/index.md)

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