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AI tool · Runs on your device

AI Image to Text

Extract text from screenshots, photos and scans with on-device OCR, then edit, copy or download it.

or drop a file here · PNG, JPG, WebP · up to 10 MB

Runs in your browser

How to use it

  1. Drop in a PNG, JPG, WebP or BMP image, or choose one from your device.
  2. Select Extract text. The first run downloads the English recognition model (about 4 MB).
  3. Correct anything the OCR misread, then copy the text or download it as a .txt file.

Good for

  • Copy the text out of a screenshot of an error message
  • Turn a photo of a printed page or receipt into editable text
  • Grab a quote from an image someone sent you

Privacy and limits

Recognition runs in your browser. Your image is never uploaded to TodayAI; only the recognition model files are downloaded.

  • English text
  • Images up to 10 MB
  • Works best on sharp, high-contrast, printed text; handwriting is unreliable

Engine: Tesseract OCR (LSTM neural network) via tesseract.js. Results can contain mistakes — check anything important.