Image to text
Copy the text out of photos, screenshots and scans with OCR (text recognition). Your files are processed right on your device – without any upload.
Accepts
- jpg
- jpeg
- jpe
- jfif
- png
- webp
- avif
- gif
- heic
- heif
- bmp
- tiff
- tif
How it works
- 1 Choose your images – they stay on your device.
- 2 Set the options and click “Image to text”.
- 3 Download the result, made right in your browser.
Recognized text
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- In-browser processing Everything runs in your browser, in your device's memory.
- Nothing is uploaded Your files never reach our server, so they can't be stored or read.
- No upload wait Large files start converting right away – no transfer first.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How converting.net handles your files.
- Do my files really never leave my device?
- Yes. The conversion engines (ImageMagick, FFmpeg, LibreOffice, Pandoc, pdf.js and others, compiled to WebAssembly) run inside your browser. Your files are read and written locally; our server only delivers the website and the engines.
- Why does the first conversion take longer?
- The engine for a file type is downloaded the first time you need it – for office documents that is LibreOffice, about 77 MB. Your browser keeps it, so later conversions start right away.
- Is there a file size limit?
- There is no upload limit, because nothing is uploaded. How large a file can be depends on your device's memory; very large videos can take a while, since everything runs on your own computer.
- Can I edit password-protected PDFs?
- Yes, after removing the password with "Unlock PDF" – you need to know the password, of course. "Protect PDF" adds a password (AES-256) again.