Image to Text Converter — Free Online OCR for Pictures, Photos & Screenshots

• Convert images, screenshots, and photos to text in seconds. Compatible with JPG, PNG, WEBP, PDF, and more.

• Digitize notes, printed materials, and scanned files with ease.

• Compare outputs from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Mistral OCR side-by-side for enhanced accuracy.

• Prepare extracted text for editing, translation, or localization.

• Boost productivity by eliminating the need for manual data entry.

• JPG to text: Convert JPG files into editable text for scanned pages, photographed documents, labels, signs, and saved image files.

• PNG to text: Extract text from PNG images, which are often used for screenshots, graphics, forms, and digital documents.

• PDF to text: Convert scanned PDFs or image-based PDF files into text you can copy, edit, translate, or store.

• Picture to text: Turn pictures with visible words into editable text, whether they show a page, sign, product label, or printed notice.

• Photo to text: Extract text from real-world photos such as business cards, printed letters, book pages, menus, posters, and other photographed materials.

• Screenshot to text: Copy text from screenshots taken on your computer, tablet, or phone, including text from apps, webpages, chats, presentations, and error messages.

• Handwritten notes to text: Convert handwritten notes into editable text and compare how different OCR engines interpret the handwriting. Results may vary depending on handwriting style, image quality, spacing, and contrast.

Common use cases include:

• Digitize receipts and invoices. Extract text for expense tracking, accounting, or record-keeping without manual retyping.

• Extract text from scanned documents. Process contracts, forms, letters, and reports into editable and searchable text.

• Copy text from screenshots. Grab text from app interfaces, webpages, error messages, or chat windows without retyping.

• Convert handwritten notes. Turn notes from meetings, classes, interviews, or reminders into editable text you can save, clean up, or share.

• Digitize printed materials. Extract text from book pages, menus, posters, product labels, business cards, and printed letters.

• Prepare text for translation. Convert image-locked text into an editable format ready for professional or AI translation.

Why one engine is not always enough:

• Different strengths per engine. ChatGPT OCR, Gemini OCR, and Mistral OCR each have different strengths depending on font type, image quality, and content layout.

• Single-engine blind spots. Relying on one OCR tool means accepting its limitations. Comparing three outputs reduces the chance of missing or misread text.

• Better results for complex files. Handwriting, low contrast, unusual fonts, and dense layouts are where engine differences matter most.

What you get with the Tomedes OCR tool:

• Side-by-side comparison. See up to three OCR outputs from the same file at once and choose the version that reads most accurately.

• Free and no sign-up. Run all three engines without creating an account or paying for a plan.

• Confidence in your output. When two or more engines agree on the extracted text, you can use the result with greater confidence.