Upload a screenshot or photo and copy its text in seconds. This free OCR tool runs entirely in your browser — your images are never uploaded to a server.
Drag and drop a screenshot, photo or scan — or click to pick a file. JPG, PNG and WebP all work.
Recognition runs on your device with WebAssembly — no uploads, no waiting in queue. Progress shows in real time.
Copy the extracted text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file, ready to paste anywhere.
Yes — extracting text from images is completely free, with no signup and no watermark. The tool is part of Snappix, a Mac screenshot suite with built-in one-keystroke OCR.
No. The OCR engine runs in your browser via WebAssembly. Your images are processed on your device and never sent anywhere.
English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Spanish and Korean. Pick the language before extracting for the best accuracy.
Use Snappix: capture any region of your screen and the text is copied to your clipboard instantly — OCR runs locally as part of the screenshot workflow. Try it free from the download page.
Snappix copies text out of screenshots with a single keystroke — plus capture, annotation, scrolling screenshots and screen recording in one Mac app.
Download Snappix for Mac