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Choose an image
Select a PNG, JPG, WebP, or BMP file from your device. The image is opened locally and shown as a preview.
OCR Image to Text
Image to Text Converter with Free Online OCR
Convert a photo, scan, or picture into editable text with private OCR that runs directly in your browser. Choose an image, extract the words, then copy or download the result.
Free online OCRNo image uploadMultilingual textCopy or download TXT
Selected file
Small prioritizes accuracy. Tiny is faster with a smaller download; use Small for Japanese or to recheck important text. Models are saved for future visits when browser storage is available.
Extracted Text
Files are processed locally in your browser. Images, PDFs, and extracted text are not uploaded to Umiocr.
About This Tool
Image to Text Converter with Free Online OCR: fast, private, and ready to use
This image to text converter turns printed words inside a picture into text you can edit, search, quote, or reuse. It is useful when the original content exists only as pixels—for example, a photographed document, a scanned page, a product label, or an image shared in a chat. The OCR image to text process detects text regions first and then recognizes the characters inside each region.
Unlike upload-based converters, Umi OCR performs recognition on your device with WebAssembly. Your image remains in the current browser tab and is not sent to Umiocr for processing. That makes the tool a practical choice for documents that may contain private notes, account details, internal instructions, or other sensitive text.
Recognition quality depends on the source. A straight, sharp image with readable contrast will usually produce a cleaner result than a blurred photo, heavily compressed JPG, decorative typeface, or handwritten note. The extracted text remains editable so you can correct names, numbers, punctuation, and layout before copying or downloading it.
Quick Guide
How to use this free OCR tool
Go from a local file to editable text in three steps.
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Run browser OCR
Select Extract Text. The OCR model detects text lines and recognizes their characters without uploading the image.
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Use the result
Review and edit the output, copy it to another app, or download a plain TXT file for later use.
OCR Details
Built for practical text extraction
Photos and scanned pages
Convert phone photos, book pages, printed forms, labels, and flatbed scans. Keep the page straight and fill the frame with the text you need.
Multiple writing systems
The underlying OCR model supports multilingual printed text, including common Latin and East Asian scripts. Mixed-language pages can be processed in one pass.
Private by design
Recognition happens inside the browser. Umiocr does not receive the selected image or the text produced from it, and no account is required.
Common ways to use this OCR converter
- Turn a photographed letter or printed notice into editable text
- Copy product labels, packaging details, or serial information
- Extract quotations from scanned books and research material
- Digitize printed notes without retyping every line
- Read text from images received by email or chat
- Create a searchable TXT copy of an image-based document
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Frequently asked questions
How does the image to text converter work?
The converter uses optical character recognition to detect printed text regions in your image and turn them into editable characters. Umi OCR runs the recognition model locally in your browser, so the selected image is not uploaded to our server.
Which image formats can I convert to text?
You can use PNG, JPG or JPEG, WebP, and BMP images up to 20 MB. PNG is usually best for screenshots and sharp digital text, while a high-quality JPG works well for camera photos and scans.
Can this OCR image to text tool read Chinese and English together?
Yes. The recognition model is designed for multilingual documents and can read many mixed-script pages, including Chinese and English content in the same image. Results still depend on image clarity, font size, and page layout.
Is this image to text converter free?
Yes. There is no account, subscription, watermark, or daily conversion quota. Browser memory limits still apply, so very large images should be resized before recognition.
Can I download the OCR result?
Yes. After recognition, you can edit the extracted text, copy it to your clipboard, or download it as a UTF-8 TXT file.