What image formats does this OCR tool support?

Supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and BMP. For best accuracy use clear, high-resolution images with good contrast — minimum 150 DPI recommended.

Does this tool work on mobile?

Yes. Works on Android and iPhone browsers — no app download required. Upload images from your phone gallery or camera and copy the extracted text instantly.

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How it works

How to convert image to text online in 3 steps

No software to install. Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone. Supports Hindi and English.

1Upload your image — JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or BMP — drag & drop or click to browse. Works with photos, screenshots and scanned documents.
2Select the language — choose Hindi, English or one of the other 6 supported languages. Always select the correct language for best OCR accuracy.
3Click Extract Text Now — the OCR engine reads your image and outputs editable text instantly. Copy it or download as a .txt file. No signup required.

Use cases

Why people use image to text conversion

From government documents to student notes — real reasons to extract text from images every day.

→Extract text from Aadhaar card image — copy name, DOB and address from a scanned Aadhaar for form filling
→Screenshot to text — extract text from screenshots of WhatsApp messages, emails and articles on your phone
→Scanned document to text — convert scanned PDFs and printed documents into editable text for editing or searching
→Hindi text from image — extract Hindi content from scanned books, newspapers and government notices
→Photo to text for college notes — photograph handwritten notes and convert to editable text for revisions
→Extract text from OCI or passport photo — copy details from government document images for application forms
→Receipt and invoice extraction — pull item names and amounts from photo receipts into spreadsheets

What users say

Trusted by students, professionals and government portal users

★★★★★

"I photographed 40 pages of handwritten notes and extracted all the text in minutes. The Hindi OCR is surprisingly accurate — much better than similar tools I've tried."

— Ankit R., Jaipur · Engineering student

★★★★★

"Used it to extract text from our supplier's scanned price list PDF. Saved hours of retyping. It's free, runs in the browser and never uploads anything — exactly what I needed."

— Meera S., Pune · Procurement manager

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about our free image to text OCR tool.

Upload your image to Zappy's image to text converter, select the language and click Extract Text Now. The OCR engine reads your image and outputs editable text instantly. No signup, no watermark — completely free. Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

Yes. Select Hindi (हिंदी) from the language dropdown before clicking Extract. The OCR engine accurately reads Hindi text from your image. Also supports English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Chinese.

Supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and BMP. For best OCR accuracy use clear, high-resolution images with good contrast — minimum 150 DPI recommended.

Yes — 100% private. OCR runs entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js. Your image is never uploaded to any server and never stored anywhere. Files deleted in 1hr.

Yes. Take a screenshot on Mac, Windows, iPhone or Android, upload it to Zappy and extract the text instantly. Works for screenshots of WhatsApp messages, Aadhaar cards, bank statements and government documents.

Yes. Upload your scanned document as JPG or PNG and the OCR engine extracts all readable text. For best results use a clean, well-lit scan at 150 DPI or higher.

If your PDF contains scanned images, take a screenshot of each page and upload it here. For PDFs with selectable text, use our PDF to Word converter instead for better results.

Yes. Works on Android and iPhone browsers — no app download required. Upload images directly from your phone gallery or camera and copy the extracted text instantly.