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Screenshot to Text Converter

Paste a screenshot and instantly extract its text — free, fast, and entirely private.

Runs entirely in your browser — your files are never uploaded to a server.

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This tool processes your file entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded to our servers.

How It Works

1. Choose Your File

Drag & drop or select the file you want to work with.

2. Processed in Your Browser

Everything happens locally on your device — your file is never uploaded anywhere.

3. Download Your Result

Get your finished file instantly, ready to save or share.

About Screenshot to Text Converter

Screenshots have a specific, common workflow this tool is built around: paste directly from your clipboard immediately after taking the screenshot, without needing to save the file first and then upload it separately.

The “Clean up extra line breaks” option removes stray blank lines and whitespace that OCR sometimes introduces — particularly useful for chat screenshots or interface captures with irregular spacing between elements.

Works well for most screenshots, though very small text or unusual fonts in code editors specifically may reduce accuracy — higher-resolution screenshots help meaningfully for that case.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to convert a screenshot to text?

Take your screenshot, then open this page and press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac) to paste it straight from your clipboard. Choose the language and click Extract Text. If the screenshot is saved as a file, click Choose File Instead and pick the PNG, JPG or WebP.

How to convert a screenshot to text free?

This tool is free, needs no signup and adds no watermark. Paste your screenshot, choose the language and extract the text, then copy it or download a TXT file. The first run downloads about 15 MB of OCR data, which is cached afterwards.

How to convert a screenshot to text online?

Open this page in your browser and paste the screenshot with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. The recognition runs locally in your browser, so the screenshot is not uploaded to a server. It reads English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.

Do I need a Chrome extension or app to get text from a screenshot?

No. Everything runs on this page in any modern browser, so there is nothing to install. Paste the screenshot, extract the text, and use the Clean up extra line breaks option, which is ticked by default, to tidy the output.

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