free image to text converter (ocr)

A photo of a document, a screenshot of a chat, a picture of a whiteboard — all of them contain text you can't copy, search, or edit. Retyping it by hand is slow and error-prone, especially with long documents.

OCR (optical character recognition) reads the text inside images and turns it into real, selectable characters. Pixeletic's OCR tool does this entirely in your browser: drop in one image or a whole batch, pick the language, and get clean text back in seconds.

Why most online tools for this are annoying

Most free OCR sites cap you at a few images a day, then push a subscription. Others upload your photos to their servers — a real problem when the image is an ID card, a receipt, or a confidential document. Some return the text as an image-only PDF you still can't edit.

How to do it in 3 steps

1. Add your images. Drop in JPG, PNG, or WebP files — one or many. Nothing uploads anywhere; everything stays on your device.
2. Pick the language and extract. English, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi and more. Watch the live progress bar as each image is read.
3. Copy or download. Get the text per image, copy it all at once, or save it as a .txt file. Free, unlimited, no account.

Private by design: nothing ever uploads

OCR deals with sensitive material — IDs, invoices, medical slips, private chats. Server-side OCR tools keep a copy of every image you upload. Pixeletic runs the recognition engine locally in your browser, so your images never leave your device. Close the tab and nothing remains.

Getting the most out of it

Clear, well-lit photos give dramatically better results. If a scan comes back garbled, try a sharper photo before blaming the tool.

For multi-page documents, add all pages at once — the tool reads them in order and labels each result with its filename.

Handwriting is still hit-or-miss for every OCR engine. Printed text, screenshots, and signs work best.

Frequently asked questions