Image to Text

OCR is a technology that converts different types of documents — scanned paper documents, PDF files, or photos — into editable and searchable text. It recognizes printed or handwritten characters in images and translates them into machine-readable text.

This tool supports over 15 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and Turkish. Select your language before extraction for best results.

For best results, use high-resolution images with clear, well-lit text. Avoid blurry, skewed, or low-contrast images. Printed text with standard fonts achieves higher accuracy than handwritten text. Crop the image to focus on the text area.

OCR accuracy depends on image quality, font type, and language complexity. Printed text in common fonts can achieve 95%+ accuracy. Handwritten text, artistic fonts, or damaged documents may produce lower accuracy. Complex layouts with columns or tables may also affect results.

OCR can attempt to recognize handwriting, but accuracy varies significantly based on legibility. Neat, print-style handwriting is recognized better than cursive. For best results with handwriting, use high-contrast images and select the correct language.