Free OCR (Image & Document to Text)
Free online OCR tool to convert scanned PDFs and images into editable text instantly.
TL;DR: Free OCR extracts editable plain text from photos, scans, screenshots, and PDF documents using in-browser WebAssembly with 100% privacy.
Drag & drop your image or scan here
or click to browse from your device
Or press Ctrl + V to paste
PNG
JPG
WebP
PDF
TIFF
Up to 50MB
100% local browser processing — this file never leaves your device
What is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)?
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a computer vision technology that analyzes scanned documents, photos, screenshots, and PDFs to recognize printed characters and convert them into editable, searchable plain text.
100% Client-Side Privacy Guarantee
All OCR parsing and character recognition runs locally on your device via client-side WebAssembly. Zero uploads to remote cloud servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a computer vision technology that analyzes scanned documents, photos, screenshots, and PDFs to recognize printed characters and convert them into editable, searchable text.
- Yes. All OCR recognition runs 100% locally in your web browser using WebAssembly. Your images and documents are never uploaded to any cloud server.