Convert Text from Image and Optionally Detect Annotations

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Choose an image (png or jpg)

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Language

Detect marker highlights (available with aPlusmembership)

Detect (hand) underlinings (available with aPlusmembership)

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Summarize this text

Generate a clean summary with the main points and useful takeaways.

Summary


Convert images and scanned documents to text online

Text Scan is an online OCR scanner for turning images, screenshots, photos, and scanned documents into editable text. Upload a PNG or JPG, or paste a remote file URL, and the scanner extracts the text so you can copy it, summarize it, or continue working with it.

Scan to text

Use the free scanner to convert notes, forms, receipts, screenshots, and document photos into clean text.

Online OCR

Run OCR in your browser without installing software. Registered users and Plus subscribers get higher usage limits.

Image to text workflow

  • Upload an image or enter a file URL
  • Extract editable text from the scan
  • Copy, summarize, or ask AI about the result
Google Vision OCR

Text Scan relies on Google Cloud Vision API, the best OCR engine you can find.

Languages supported

Currently 56 languages are supported. You can check if your language is supported here.

Lightning fast

Optimized code, running on powerful dedicated servers.

Remote files

Processing remote file by entering the file address.

Access from anywhere

You do not need to install a software. The online web app works perfectly on all devices and popular browsers.

Security

We are very cautious about security. Everything goes through SSL encryption. Additionally, we destroy all files automatically from our servers.

More scans

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Detecting marker highlights

Based on OpenCV, the most well-known framework for image processing. Accessible only if subscribed.

Detecting underlinings

Based on a custom made image processing algorithm for detecting and separating out the underlined parts. Accessible only if subscribed.