Free Image to Text Converter (OCR)

Extract text from JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP and TIFF images with browser-based OCR. Powered by tesseract.js with 16 curated languages. No upload, no signup, 100% private.

1 free use/day No upload 100% private

Features

Accurate OCR Right in Your Browser

Turn photos, screenshots, and scans into clean editable text in a few seconds.

Powered by tesseract.js

The open-source OCR engine Google helped build — compiled to WebAssembly and running on your device.

16 Curated Languages

English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, major European languages, Arabic, Thai and more.

Confidence Score

Each result shows an OCR confidence percentage so you know when to trust it.

Works on Any Image and Device

No software install. ScanText runs in any modern browser on any device.

JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF

Drop any common image format up to 20 MB — photos, screenshots, scans, manga panels.

Desktop & Mobile

Snap a photo on your phone, drop it in, get text back. No app download required.

Cached Language Packs

The first run downloads the language data from the tesseract CDN; subsequent runs load instantly.

100% Private and Free

Your image never leaves your device. All recognition happens locally.

No Server Upload

The image itself is never uploaded — only the language pack is fetched, and only once per language.

Copy or Download

One-click copy to clipboard, or download the recognized text as a plain .txt file.

No Signup, No Watermark

One free run per day without an account. Sign in to BibiGPT for unlimited daily OCR.

Frequently Asked Questions

Ask us anything!

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No signup, no upload, no watermark. Just fast, private image-to-text OCR in your browser.