About the Image to Text (OCR)
Typing text from a picture is slow and full of mistakes. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) reads the letters in an image and converts them into real, editable text in seconds.
Our free OCR tool supports English, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, French, Chinese and many more languages. It runs entirely in your browser — the first use downloads the language data once, after which it works quickly.
How to use the Image to Text (OCR)
- Choose the language of the text in your image.
- Upload a clear photo, screenshot or scan.
- Wait a few seconds while the text is recognised.
- Edit, copy or download the extracted text.
When is it useful?
- Copy text from screenshots and social media posts
- Digitise printed notes, books and receipts
- Extract quotes from photos of documents
- Convert scanned pages into editable text
Why use PandaToolDesk?
Private by design. The Image to Text (OCR) runs completely inside your browser. Your files are never uploaded to our servers, so nobody else can see them — not even us.
Free with no limits. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit. Use it as often as you like on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android or iPhone.
Fast results. Because there is nothing to upload, even large files are processed quickly — the speed depends only on your own device.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the OCR?
Clear, well-lit images with printed text give very accurate results. Handwriting, blurry photos and decorative fonts are harder to read.
How can I get better results?
Use a sharp, straight photo with good lighting and crop away anything that is not text.
Is my image uploaded?
No. Recognition runs on your device. Only the free language model is downloaded the first time.