Copy text straight out of screenshots, photos and scans. Use the free online OCR tool right in your browser, or get one-keystroke text extraction on Mac with Snappix.
Upload an image and extract text instantly in your browser — nothing to install.
With Snappix running, capture any region and its text is instantly copied to your clipboard — screenshots become editable text in one action.
No Mac around? The browser-based OCR tool extracts text from images without installing anything or creating an account.
Recognize text in English and dozens of other languages — great for translating UI text and documents.
Works on crisp UI screenshots, phone photos of documents and scanned pages alike.
The online tool runs OCR entirely in your browser — your images are never uploaded to a server. The Mac app processes everything locally.
Send extracted text to your clipboard, a text editor, or straight into notes and emails.
Take a screenshot of the text you need, or upload an existing image to the free online tool.
Snappix detects text regions automatically. In the online tool, click Extract — recognition runs in seconds entirely in your browser.
Check the extracted text, fix any character the OCR engine flagged, and choose the formatting you need.
Copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file — ready to paste into docs, tickets and emails.
On Mac, the fastest way is Snappix: capture any region and the text is copied to your clipboard automatically via built-in OCR. You can also upload the image to the free online OCR tool on this page — it runs in your browser and needs no installation.
Yes. The online OCR tool on this page is free and requires no signup — it extracts text from images entirely in your browser. Snappix also offers a free trial with one-keystroke OCR built into the screenshot workflow.
macOS has Live Text, which recognizes text in Preview and Photos. It works for whole images but can't grab text from an arbitrary screen region in one action. Snappix adds region-level OCR: select any area of the screen and get its text instantly.
No. The online tool uses WebAssembly-based OCR that runs entirely in your browser — images never leave your device. The Snappix Mac app also processes OCR locally.
Printed and on-screen text extracts with high accuracy. Clear handwriting often works too. For blurry or low-resolution images, accuracy drops — retake the screenshot at a higher zoom or use a sharper source for best results.
Snappix copies text from any part of your screen with one keystroke — plus capture, annotation, scrolling screenshots and recording. Free to try on macOS.
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