OCR

Image to Text (OCR): Extract Text from Any Photo

How OCR works, when to use it, and how to extract text from screenshots, scanned documents and photos — privately in your browser.

10 June 2026·4 min read·Open the tool →

What is OCR?

Optical Character Recognition detects and extracts printed or handwritten text from images. It powers everything from digitising old books to reading receipts on banking apps.

When to use OCR

  • Copying text from a screenshot (menu, presentation, error message).
  • Digitising a printed form or scanned document.
  • Extracting data from an image-based PDF.
  • Converting a photo of handwritten notes to typed text.

How to extract text from an image

  1. Go to ToolCrix Image to Text.
  2. Drop your image (JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, or TIFF).
  3. Select your language if not English.
  4. Click Extract Text — runs in your browser using Tesseract.js.
  5. Copy the result or download as .txt.

Tips for better accuracy

  • High contrast images — dark text on white extracts best.
  • Minimum 150 DPI; 300 DPI for best results.
  • Avoid heavily stylised fonts.
  • Crop tightly around the text area to reduce noise.