Image OCR

Reads text out of images and saves it as plain text. Works with screenshots, photos, scanned documents - any raster image.

What it does

Use this to grab text from a phone photo of an invoice, copy text out of a screenshot, or convert a scanned document into editable text. For PDFs use PDF OCR, not this one.

How to use

  1. Drag images into the list.
  2. Pick a Recognition Language: English + Turkish (recommended), English only, or Turkish only.
  3. Pick an Output Strategy: one file, separate files, or Excel.
  4. Click Run.

You get text output for each image.

Language options

LanguageWhen to pick it
English + TurkishMixed content (safest choice).
English onlyFaster for fully English documents.
Turkish onlyFaster for fully Turkish content.

Output options

  • Single Text File: All extracted text merged into one .txt.
  • Separate Files: One .txt per image.
  • Excel Spreadsheet: Image name and text in an Excel table, ideal for reporting.

Examples

Pull data out of invoice photos: Add invoice photos, English + Turkish, Excel Spreadsheet, run. Each invoice's text appears on its own row.

Copy error messages from screenshots: Add the error screenshots, English, Single Text File, run. All error texts in one file.

Digitise scanned book pages: Add the page photos, Turkish, Separate Files, run. One .txt per page.

Handwritten note photos: Works well on printed text. Handwriting accuracy is low.

Watch out

  • The tool needs Tesseract OCR installed on your machine.
  • Resolution matters, scans below 150 DPI lose accuracy.
  • Tilted, blurry or very small text causes more errors.
  • Handwriting recognition is limited, typewritten or computer text is the sweet spot.
  • Complex tables come out as flat text, the cell structure is not preserved.
  • For PDF files, use PDF OCR instead.

License

This tool is Ultimate only. It does not appear in the Free or Office plans.