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Extract Text from Image Free Online

Upload screenshots, photos, scanned files, menus, labels, or signs and extract visible text with AI in seconds. Great for quick OCR-style workflows, content reuse, and document cleanup. No sign up required. Working with the source image itself? You can also edit, transform, or upscale it in AI Studio.

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Supports JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, BMP formats

Max file size: 7MB per image | Upload multiple images for batch processing

✓ OCR-style text extraction  |  ✓ Screenshots, signs, and documents  |  ✓ No sign-up required  |  ✓ Up to 5 images per batch

Image Descriptions

AI-generated descriptions for your images

Need to work on the image itself too?

This page handles the text side. AI Studio is where you can take the source image into edits, background changes, or upscaling after you understand what is in it.

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  • Edit with text
  • Remove background
  • Upscale the image
  • Replace background
  • Change style or look
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How to
Extract Text from an Image

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Upload an Image

Upload a screenshot, scanned file, menu, label, sign, product photo, or any image with visible text.

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Detect Visible Text

The AI reads the image and returns the visible words so you can capture text quickly without manual typing.

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Copy and Reuse

Copy the extracted text into documents, spreadsheets, CMS fields, product data, or your next editing step.

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More Image Description Tools

If you need broader descriptions or alt text instead of OCR-style extraction, jump to the pages below.

AI Image Description Generator

Use the main page for full image descriptions, captions, SEO copy, and mixed analysis types.

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AI Alt Text Generator

Use this when your goal is short accessibility-friendly alt text rather than full text extraction.

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Common Questions

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Getting Started with Image Text Extraction

Upload the image and the AI reads the visible text for you. This works well for screenshots, signs, menus, labels, scanned files, and mixed photo uploads.
No. You can upload images and extract text immediately with no sign-up required.
Screenshots, menus, posters, product labels, scanned documents, slides, and photos with clear visible text usually work best.
Yes. You can batch upload up to 5 images and get text output for each one.

Accuracy and Workflow

The tool returns a no-text result instead of inventing content, so you can quickly tell which images contain useful text and which do not.
Yes. This dedicated page is focused on text extraction first, so it is a cleaner fit for screenshots, scanned files, and label-reading workflows.
Use the AI Image Description Generator when you want broader descriptions, captions, or mixed image analysis rather than text extraction only.
Use the dedicated AI Alt Text Generator when you need accessibility-friendly alt text instead of OCR-style output.