Image to Text (OCR)

Extract text from photos, screenshots and scans. The recognition runs on your device — your image is never uploaded.

1. Choose an image with text 📷 Click to browse or drag & drop an image here Clear, well-lit text works best. First run downloads the recognition engine once (~10MB), then it's instant.

Ready.

Extracted text

Your documents stay yours

Most OCR sites upload your photo to their servers — a real problem for receipts, IDs or private documents. ToolNest downloads an open-source recognition engine to your browser once, then reads text locally. Nothing you scan ever leaves your device.