Image OCR
Extract text from an image with on-device OCR — confidence and word counts, in your browser.
Image OCR is a browser-based image tool on ImgToolsBase. Extract text from an image with on-device OCR — confidence and word counts, in your browser. To use it, upload or drop your image and view the result directly in your browser — no signup and nothing to install.
How this tool works
What it does
Recognises printed/typed text in an image and downloads it as a .txt file, with confidence and counts.
First run / language data
Each language loads its data from /assets/tessdata; the first use may download it, cached by your browser when allowed. If the cache is cleared or blocked it can load again.
Preprocessing
Cropping, rotating, thresholding and other clean-up are not built in yet — crop or sharpen the image first for better accuracy.
Privacy
The image is read on this page only; nothing is uploaded and the image is not modified.
Image OCR in your browser
Image OCR reads printed or typed text out of an image and gives you back editable plain text, using the Tesseract OCR engine running entirely in your browser. The result panel reports the OCR language, the mean confidence, and the character, word and line counts so you can judge how reliable the extraction is.
Image OCR is installed with English and Hindi; each reads its own data file from this site under /assets/tessdata and runs in your browser after a one-time load. If no readable text is found the tool says so instead of saving an empty file.
The image is read only to recognise its text — it is never modified or uploaded, and animated images are read as a single still frame. The download is a plain .txt file of the extracted text.
How to use Image OCR
- Upload an image of printed or typed text into Image OCR (click, press Enter, or drag a file in).
- Choose the OCR language that matches the text in the image.
- Click Process to recognise the text in your browser.
- Review the confidence, word and line counts in the result panel, then download the .txt file.
Why use Image OCR
Text is recognised by Tesseract in your browser — the image is never uploaded.
The result reports mean confidence plus character, word and line counts, with a warning when confidence is low.
When no text is found you get a clear message instead of an empty download.
Recognise English and Hindi text; their data files ship on this site, and more languages can be added later.
Common uses for Image OCR
Turn a screenshot of an article, error message or chat into editable text.
Extract the text from a photographed document or sign.
Pull a passage out of a picture without retyping it.
Get the source text out of an image so you can paste it into a translator.
Frequently asked questions
Can Image OCR read handwriting?
OCR is tuned for printed and typed text. Handwriting, stylised fonts and low-contrast or skewed text are far less reliable; for the best result use a sharp, high-contrast image of printed text.
Which languages does Image OCR support, and what must be installed?
It is installed with English and Hindi, whose Tesseract data files ship on this site under /assets/tessdata. Both run in your browser after a one-time load, and more languages can be enabled by adding their data files.
Does Image OCR change or upload my image?
No. The image is read by the OCR engine in your browser to extract text; the image itself is not modified, and no file is sent to a server.
What does Image OCR do with an animated GIF?
It reads a single still frame. OCR does not run across animation frames, so the text reflects only the frame the browser decodes.
Why is my Image OCR result empty or inaccurate?
If no text is found, the tool reports it rather than saving a blank file. A blurry or low-contrast image, the wrong language, or genuinely hard text are the usual causes; the result panel shows the mean confidence so you can gauge reliability.
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