Image OCR
Upload a screenshot or photo, pick the language, and extract its text with tesseract.js. Works with English, Chinese (simplified & traditional), Japanese, Korean and more. The OCR engine is loaded from a CDN and runs entirely in your browser.
Drop an image here, or click to select
The OCR engine is loaded from a CDN. The first run downloads a language model and can take a few moments.
Frequently asked questions
Is my image uploaded anywhere?
No. The OCR engine runs in your browser; the image never leaves your device.
Why does the first recognition take a while?
The first run downloads the language model from a CDN. Later runs reuse the cached model and are much faster.
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