Image to Text Converter

How to Convert an Image to Text

1. Drag one or more images onto the drop zone, click to browse, or simply paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac).
2. Pick the language that matches the text in your image — English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portuguese.
3. Click Extract Text. The first run loads the OCR engine, so it takes a little longer — after that it's quick.
4. Read the result in the text box, then copy it or download it as a .txt file.

Why use ZillaKit's image to text converter?

This is a free image to text converter with real OCR and no signup required. It runs the open-source tesseract.js engine directly in your browser, so photos, screenshots, scanned notes, and receipts are recognized locally — your images are never uploaded to a server. That privacy matters for anything personal or sensitive, and it also means the tool keeps working without waiting on a remote API. The OCR engine and language data load once, lazily, only when you click Extract Text for the first time, with a clear "loading OCR engine" progress indicator so you know what's happening. After that first load, recognition is fast. Support for six languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese — covers a wide range of everyday documents. You can drop a single image or a whole batch; each one is processed in sequence and the combined text lands in one editable box. Clipboard paste support means you can copy a screenshot and paste it straight in without saving a file first. A confidence note tells you roughly how reliable the recognition was, which is handy for judging blurry or low-resolution images. Copy the result with one click or download it as a plain text file. There's no watermark and no page limit for casual use, with five free extractions included every day.

FAQ

Is my image uploaded anywhere?

No. The OCR engine downloads once from a CDN, then all text recognition happens locally in your browser. Your images are never sent to a server.

Why does the first extraction take longer?

The OCR engine and its language data are lazy-loaded the first time you click Extract Text, so there's a short one-time download. Every extraction after that is much faster since the engine is already loaded.

Can I paste a screenshot directly?

Yes. Copy any image to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V on Mac) anywhere on the page and it's added automatically, ready to extract.

Can I process several images at once?

Yes. Add multiple images and they're processed one after another, with the extracted text from each one appended into the same result box.

How accurate is the extracted text?

Accuracy depends on image quality, resolution, and how clean the text is. A confidence note appears after each run so you can judge whether a manual check is worthwhile, especially for blurry or handwritten images.