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Image to text (OCR)

Pull editable, searchable text out of any image or screenshot — photos of pages, signs, slides and whiteboards.

Text trapped in an image can’t be searched, copied, or edited. Whether it’s a photo of a document, a screenshot, a slide, or a whiteboard after a meeting, you usually want the words back as text.

OCR Extract converts the image to clean, editable text you can paste anywhere. From there, summarize it, translate it, turn it into flashcards, or feed it into any of the document tools.

It’s the first step that unlocks the rest: once content is text, every other tool here can work on it.

The tool for this

🔍OCR Extract

Upload an image or PDF and pull out the data — text, structured JSON, tables to CSV, contacts.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I turn an image into editable text? +

Upload the image to OCR Extract; it returns clean text you can copy, edit and search.

What images work? +

Photos of pages, screenshots, slides, signs and whiteboards all work.

What can I do with the text afterward? +

Summarize, translate, or make flashcards from it — OCR is the entry point to the other tools.

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