Free OCR Tool — Extract Text From Images Online (2026)
Need to pull text from a photo, screenshot, or scanned document? Toolkiya's OCR tool runs entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js. Your images never leave your device. Here is everything you can do with it.
How It Works
The tool uses Tesseract.js, the same open-source OCR engine that powers Google's document scanning. When you first use a language, it downloads a small model (~4-5 MB) that caches in your browser for instant subsequent runs.
- Upload an image (JPG, PNG, WEBP, BMP, or TIFF)
- Select the language of the text
- Click Extract Text — processing takes 5-15 seconds
- Edit, copy, export to PDF, or print the result
Supported Languages
Over 100 languages are supported including English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, and many more.
Export Options
Once text is extracted, you have multiple ways to use it:
- Copy to clipboard — One-click copy for pasting anywhere.
- Download as .txt — Plain text file download.
- Export as PDF — Choose page size (A4, Letter, Legal, A3, A5), set font size, and generate a formatted PDF.
- Print — Opens a clean print preview with your chosen font size.
Text Editing Features
The extracted text is fully editable before export. You can:
- Fix OCR errors by editing directly in the text area
- Adjust font size (8px to 24px) for readability
- Highlight important sections
- See word and character counts in real-time
Tips for Best Results
- Use high-contrast images — Dark text on light background works best.
- Crop unnecessary areas — Remove borders, watermarks, and decorations before scanning.
- Straighten the image — Tilted text reduces accuracy significantly.
- Choose the right language — Selecting the correct language model improves recognition.
- For handwriting — Use neat block letters. Cursive recognition is limited.
Privacy
Everything runs in your browser. The OCR engine and language models download once and are cached locally. No image data ever leaves your device. No server processing, no accounts, no tracking.