Copy the text from a screenshot: messages, error messages, tables and slides.
How to convert an image to text
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Select one or more JPG, PNG, WEBP or HEIC images, such as photos of pages or screenshots.
2
Pick the language of the text: English, Spanish, Portuguese or Indonesian.
3
Click Extract text, then copy the text or download it as a .txt file.
Copy text you can't select
Text in a screenshot can't be selected or searched: a message, an error dialog, a slide, a table in an app. Select the screenshot and click Extract text to get the words back as text you can copy.
Screenshots give the most accurate results of all, because the letters are sharp and clean. Nothing is uploaded, so screenshots of private chats stay private.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Open this page on your phone, select the screenshot from your photos and copy the text it finds.
Yes. Light text on a dark background is read too.
On sharp, well-lit pictures of printed text it is usually very accurate. Blurry photos, unusual fonts and handwriting give more mistakes. You can correct the text before you copy or download it.
English, Spanish, Portuguese and Indonesian, alone or together. Pick every language the picture uses.
Neat handwriting sometimes works, but the engine is made for printed text, so expect mistakes.
Yes. Add up to 10 images. Each one gets its own text, and you download them one by one or together as a ZIP file.
No. The reader runs on your device. The first time, it and the languages you pick (3 to 5 MB each) are downloaded from this site and kept by your browser.
