AI OCR (Image to Text)

Neural OCR for photos, scans and screenshots.

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About AI OCR (Image to Text)

AI OCR reads printed text out of photos, scans and screenshots and turns it into text you can edit, copy or download. It runs Tesseract inside your browser with fifteen languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Urdu, so you can pull the words out of a notice, a bill or a textbook page. Nothing is uploaded; the images stay on your device.

How to use AI OCR (Image to Text)

  1. Drop one or more images into the box, or press Ctrl+V to paste a screenshot from your clipboard.
  2. Tap the language chips that match the text; English is on by default and you can add Hindi alongside it.
  3. Leave Enhance image before OCR ticked, as it upscales and sharpens small photos and usually lifts accuracy.
  4. Click Extract text, then correct any mistakes directly in the output box.
  5. Copy the text or download it as a .txt file, and check the average confidence score shown below it.

What people use it for

  • Typing up a printed notice, circular or question paper without retyping it by hand.
  • Getting the text out of a WhatsApp screenshot or a photo of a classroom whiteboard.
  • Copying figures from a scanned invoice or bank letter into a spreadsheet.
  • Reading Hindi or regional-language documents where the PDF is only a scanned image.

Good to know

Works with JPG, PNG, WEBP and BMP, and with several images in one run. Accuracy depends on the picture: straight, well-lit, in-focus printed text works best. Handwriting, blurry phone photos, heavy shadows, stylised fonts and faint carbon copies often come out wrong. The average confidence figure under the output tells you when to retake the photo or crop tighter.

Frequently asked questions

Which languages are supported?
Fifteen: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic, French, German and Spanish. You can select several at once, which helps on mixed English and Hindi pages.
Can it read handwriting?
Not reliably. The engine is trained on printed type, so handwritten notes, signatures and prescriptions usually come out garbled. Use it for printed or typed material and proofread the result.
Is the image sent to a server?
No. Tesseract runs as WebAssembly in your browser tab and the language data is downloaded once. The image is processed locally, and closing the tab clears everything.
Why is my output full of mistakes?
Low resolution, blur, a tilted page or the wrong language selection are the usual causes. Crop to just the text, retake the photo straight on in good light, and pick the correct language chips.