Screenshot to Text
Paste a screenshot and copy its text.
Works in your browser. Your pictures are never uploaded.
or drop them here, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, GIF, BMP and scanned PDFs. Read on your device, never uploaded.
Screenshot to Text at a glance
- Price
- Free
- Files sent to us
- None, read on your device
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Reads
- JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, GIF, BMP, scanned PDF
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi
- Gives
- Plain text to copy or download
How to use Screenshot to Text
- Add the pictureChoose or drop pictures or a scanned PDF, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V.
- Pick the languageEnglish is set. Choose the language the text is written in if it is another.
- Copy the textCheck the text, then copy it or download it as a TXT file.
Take a screenshot, then press Ctrl+V on this page (Cmd+V on a Mac) and the text appears below, ready to copy. Useful for text in videos, apps, images and locked PDFs that will not let you select it.
How it works
Screenshot to Text is a web page that does its work on your own device. The file you choose is opened by your browser, changed there and saved from there; it is never sent to a server, so there is no copy of it anywhere to delete, no queue and no waiting for an upload. Most online tools of this kind send your file to their servers and work on it there, and many keep it for a while. This one does not. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on how often you use it, and the result downloads the moment it is ready.
Taking the screenshot
On Windows press Windows+Shift+S, on a Mac Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+4, and the screenshot goes straight to the clipboard. On a phone, take the screenshot and choose it from your photos.
Other shortcuts
Image to Text · Extract Text From Image · JPG to Text
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