Img2Txt
Free online OCR to convert images and PDFs to editable text
About Img2Txt
Img2Txt is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service that extracts text from images, screenshots, scanned documents, and PDFs. Built on the Tesseract engine, it supports 120+ languages and lets you download recognized text as TXT, DOCX, PDF, or ODF without any registration. It can also convert PDF pages into images delivered as a ZIP archive.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Completely free with unlimited recognition requests
- No account or registration needed to use the service
- Very broad language coverage (120+ languages and scripts)
- Exports to multiple editable formats including DOCX and PDF
- Files are transferred over SSL and deleted automatically after processing
Cons
- Does not support handwritten text recognition
- 8 MB maximum file size limits large or high-resolution scans
- Built on Tesseract, so accuracy can lag behind premium AI OCR services
- No API or batch-automation features for developers
- Limited formatting retention compared to dedicated PDF-to-Word converters
Key Features
Image-to-Text OCR
Extract printed text from JPG, JPEG, and PNG images, screenshots, and photos.
PDF Recognition
Run OCR on multi-page PDF documents to pull out the underlying text.
120+ Language Support
Recognizes text in over 120 languages, including vertical scripts for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Multiple Export Formats
Download results as plain text (TXT), Microsoft Word (DOCX), Adobe PDF, or OpenOffice (ODF).
PDF to Images
Convert PDF files into extracted images packaged in a downloadable ZIP archive.
No Registration Required
Upload and recognize files instantly without creating an account or signing in.
Clipboard Paste
Paste an image directly from the clipboard with Ctrl+V instead of uploading a file.
Localized Interface
The web app interface is translated into 10 languages for international users.
Pricing
- Unlimited OCR requests
- 120+ recognition languages
- Image and PDF input (jpg, jpeg, png, pdf)
- Export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, ODF
- PDF to images conversion
- No registration required
- 8 MB maximum file size
- SSL data transfer with automatic deletion
Best For
Digitizing scanned documents
Turn scanned pages and paper documents into editable text files for archiving or reuse.
Extracting text from screenshots
Quickly pull copyable text out of screenshots and photos when copy-paste is not available.
Converting PDFs to Word
Recognize text inside PDF files and export it to DOCX for editing in Microsoft Word.
Multilingual text extraction
Recognize printed text in over 120 languages, useful for translators, students, and researchers.
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