Image OCR – Extract Text Free Online
Extract text from photos, screenshots, and scanned documents.
Supports Korean, English, and mixed text.
Language
Drop your image file here
Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF files
⚠️ OCR Accuracy Notes
• Cleaner printed text yields higher accuracy
• Handwriting, skewed text, and complex backgrounds may reduce accuracy
• The first run downloads language data — please wait (~10MB for Korean)
• All processing happens in your browser — files are never sent to a server
• Cleaner printed text yields higher accuracy
• Handwriting, skewed text, and complex backgrounds may reduce accuracy
• The first run downloads language data — please wait (~10MB for Korean)
• All processing happens in your browser — files are never sent to a server
Works Well vs. Difficult Cases
✅ Works Well
- Text in screenshots
- Clearly printed documents
- Black text on white background
- Business cards, receipts (printed)
❌ Difficult Cases
- Handwriting
- Images with complex backgrounds
- Heavily skewed text
- Small text (low resolution)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What languages are supported for OCR?
Korean and English are both supported. The tool uses Tesseract.js for text recognition.
Q. Does OCR work on handwritten text?
OCR works best on clear printed text. Handwritten or stylized fonts may have lower accuracy.
Q. Are images sent to a server for OCR processing?
No. All OCR processing runs locally in your browser using Tesseract.js.