Extract text from a photo
Take a picture of a sign, label, whiteboard or page and get the text.
Drop an image, screenshot or scanor paste with ⌘V. Your files stay on your device.
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- 1Drop or paste an image. PDFs work too.
- 2Pick the language. The right engine is chosen for you; switch it if you like.
- 3Edit the text, then copy it or download .txt.
- Good to know
- Hold the camera straight and close enough that the text fills most of the picture.
- Do my files leave my device?
- No. Text is read in your browser. The OCR engine and language data are downloaded once, then your files are processed and stay on your device.
- Which languages work?
- More than 40, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi and Russian. Each language downloads the first time you use it.
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