Free Image to Text Converter

🔒 100% Private & Secure

All OCR processing happens locally in your browser-your images never get uploaded to any server. Unlike cloud OCR services that send your documents to remote servers for processing (and potentially store them), our tool keeps everything on your device. Perfect for sensitive documents like contracts, medical records, personal IDs, or confidential business materials. We literally can't see your images because they never leave your computer.

⚡ Free with No Limits

No signup, no credit card, no monthly limits, and no watermarks on extracted text. Most OCR services cap you at 5-10 free conversions per day or month, then force you to pay $10-30/month for unlimited access. CleanUpTxt processes unlimited images completely free because all processing happens in your browser-there are no server costs. Convert hundreds of images per day if needed, zero restrictions.

🚀 Instant Results

Get your text in 2-5 seconds-no waiting in processing queues like cloud services. Upload your image and the OCR engine immediately starts extracting text. No account verification emails, no "please wait 30 seconds for processing," no ads delaying results. The tool works offline after first load, so you can extract text even without internet connection once the page is cached.

📸 Screenshots & Social Media

Extract text from Twitter/X screenshots when you can't copy the original tweet, pull quotes from Instagram stories or LinkedIn posts for articles, or copy code snippets from programming tutorial screenshots. Social media images often contain valuable text that isn't selectable-our OCR makes it copyable in seconds. Perfect for journalists quoting social media, students capturing lecture slides, or developers extracting code from tutorial images.

📚 Books & Research Papers

Digitize physical books by photographing pages and extracting text for notes or searchable archives. Extract citations from scanned academic papers or journal articles when you need to quote research. Convert textbook pages to editable text for study guides or flashcards. Researchers use this to create searchable databases from old printed materials, while students extract key passages without manually retyping hundreds of words.

📄 Scanned Documents & PDFs

Convert scanned contracts, invoices, receipts, or forms into editable text for record-keeping or data entry. Extract information from scanned IDs, passports, or business cards for contact databases. Turn image-based PDFs (which don't allow text selection) into searchable, copyable text. Accountants use this for expense tracking from receipt photos, while HR departments digitize paper applications for applicant tracking systems.

🌍 Foreign Language Translation

Extract text from photos of foreign signs, menus, or documents to paste into Google Translate or other translation tools. Travelers photograph restaurant menus in foreign languages, extract the text, then translate it to understand what they're ordering. Works for street signs, museum placards, product packaging, or instruction manuals in languages you don't speak. Extract first, translate second-much faster than manual transcription.

📱 iPhone & iPad (iOS)

Open Safari and visit this page. Tap the upload area, then choose "Photo Library" to select an image or "Take Photo" to capture text directly. The extracted text can be copied and pasted into Notes, Messages, or any other app. Works on iPhone 8 and newer, iPad Air 2+, and all iOS 14+ devices.

Pro tip: For iOS 15+, you can also use Apple's built-in Live Text feature, but our tool works on older devices and offers more control over the extraction process.

🤖 Android Phones & Tablets

Open Chrome and visit CleanUpTxt. Tap the upload area to access your gallery or camera. The OCR works on all Android devices with Chrome 80+. Extract text from photos, screenshots, or camera captures instantly. The extracted text can be shared to any Android app via the share menu.

Pro tip: For blurry photos, enable "Enhance low-quality images" in Advanced Settings to improve accuracy on lower-end Android devices.

💻 Windows PC

Use Windows+Shift+S to take a screenshot, then paste directly into the upload area with Ctrl+V. Or drag and drop any image file from File Explorer. Works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and all modern browsers. No software installation required - everything runs in your browser.

Pro tip: For bulk conversions, open multiple browser tabs and process images simultaneously - each tab runs independently.

🍎 Mac (macOS)

Press Command+Shift+4 to screenshot a region, then Command+V to paste it directly into the tool. Works in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on all Mac computers including M1/M2/M3 Apple Silicon. Drag and drop images from Finder for instant extraction. No app download needed.

Pro tip: Use Command+Shift+3 for full screen screenshots, or Command+Shift+5 for more screenshot options.