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About OCR Text Extractor
OCR Text Extractor is a free online tool that helps you convert images into editable text. Whether you have a screenshot, a photo of a document, or a scanned receipt, you can extract the text in seconds using AI OCR, with a browser fallback if AI is unavailable.
Our mission
We built this tool to make optical character recognition (OCR) accessible to everyone. OCR Text Extractor tries cloud AI OCR for high-accuracy extraction first. If that request fails, it falls back to Tesseract.js running in your browser so the tool still works without relying only on the cloud.
How the technology works
The primary path is cloud AI OCR (provider details in the Privacy Policy). As a fallback, the tool uses Tesseract.js, a JavaScript port of the open-source Tesseract OCR engine. The browser fallback runs via WebAssembly in a background worker and includes preprocessing (upscaling, contrast, adaptive thresholding) to improve accuracy on screenshots and scans.
Before the browser fallback runs recognition, images go through a preprocessing pipeline — including smart upscaling, contrast enhancement, and adaptive thresholding — to improve accuracy on real-world photos, screenshots, and scans with uneven lighting.
Privacy first
Your privacy matters. AI OCR sends the image to Google Gemini only for that extraction request; we do not permanently store your uploads. If AI OCR is unavailable, the browser fallback keeps that attempt on your device. Read our full Privacy Policy for details.
Who built this?
OCR Text Extractor is built and maintained by Elango P, a developer focused on practical web tools. If you have feedback, bug reports, or feature suggestions, reach out at admin@elangodev.com.
Advertising
This site displays advertisements through Google AdSense to help cover hosting and development costs. Ads are served by Google and are subject to Google's advertising policies. We aim to keep ads unobtrusive so the OCR tool remains easy to use. Details are in our Privacy Policy.