From pixels to text
Screenshot a region of the current tab or open an image in the workspace, then copy the recognized text.
region + image
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Productivity · OCR
Image OCR copies text out of images and screenshots — recognized entirely in your browser.
Capture a region of the page or drop an image and get selectable text back in seconds. Free and local-first: the OCR engine is bundled, so nothing is uploaded and it works offline.
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Choose where to install
Official stores are the safest choice and provide automatic updates.
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Chrome
Detected: Chrome
Other browsers
Developer / manual installation
Use the ZIP only when an official store is unavailable.
- Unzip the file, open the browser's Extensions page, enable Developer mode, then choose Load unpacked.
Manual installations do not update automatically. ZIP files are not one-click installers.
Completely free · no paywall
product screenshot · Image OCR workspace
product screenshot · Image OCR onboarding
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The engine ships inside
Recognition runs on a bundled WebAssembly OCR engine (Tesseract). No cloud API, no network calls, and it works offline.
0 networkFree by design
No account, no paywall and no tracking. It exists to make our paid tools easier to trust.
freePrivate by construction
local-first · optional online features disclosed · no data sold
- No analytics
- No telemetry
- No third-party SDKs
- Core processing stays local; optional sync, backup, AI or sharing connects only when you enable it
Questions people ask
Is Image OCR free?
Yes. It is a free extension with no account requirement and no paid upgrade.
Do my images leave the browser?
No. Recognition runs locally inside the extension — images and the extracted text never touch a server.
Does OCR need an internet connection?
No. The recognition engine and its language data ship inside the extension, so it works fully offline.
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