Extract text from Photo
OCR a phone or camera photo and download a .txt file. Same job as Image to Text — this page is for the extract query. Not Photo to PDF and not OCR PDF. Not /extract-text-from-pdf and not Extract PDF pages.
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How to extract text from Photo
1.Choose a JPG or PNG taken with a camera or phone.
2.Pick the language that matches the text.
3.Click Extract text. Recognition runs locally in your browser.
4.Preview the words, then download a .txt file.
FEATURES
Made for camera shots
This landing is for a photo of printed text. JPG to Text and PNG to Text are the same job when you already know the file type.
Plain text
You get a .txt file. Photo to Excel is the table reconstruct when the page is a grid.
Not Photo to PDF
Photo to PDF wraps JPEGs in a PDF. This page reads the words.
Files stay local
OCR runs in your browser. We do not upload the photo.
Honest OCR
Angled shots, glare, and tiny type will miss. Tesseract is not a certified reader.
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Extract text from Photo vs Image to Text
People search extract text from Photo when they want the extract phrasing. This page runs the same /image-to-text OCR as Photo to Text. It is not /extract-text-from-pdf and not Extract PDF pages and not a second tool in the Tools grid.
A PDF scan should use OCR PDF. A photo of a table that you want as Excel should use Photo to Excel.
JPG and PNG only. We do not claim perfect handwriting recognition.
TOOLS
Optimize & Extract
Convert To PDF
Convert From PDF
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