Image to Text (OCR)

Turn a picture or scanned PDF into text you can copy, edit and search - in Hindi, English and 28 more languages.

⚡100% free - no sign-up, no watermark 🔐Secure HTTPS upload - your files are never shared 📏See the new file size before you compress 🎯Shrink photos to an exact KB - 20, 50, 100 KB 👔Passport photos: add a suit or blazer, change background 🔒Private - files are deleted automatically 📝Read text from photos in 30+ languages 📄Merge, split and compress PDFs in seconds 🎬Big videos convert while they upload - up to 200 MB 🔁100+ formats: 32 audio, 28 video, 23 image 📱Works on every phone - nothing to install 📤Share results to WhatsApp in one tap

Drop audio files here or click to browse

83 formats in → 32 out · MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG, Opus, AAC, WMA, AIFF, ALAC, AMR... · up to 200 MB in total

🔒 Private · deleted after download

Output

Convert to Quality

Advanced audio settings

Fine-tune the result like a sound engineer. Every choice below is optional - leave a box on Auto or Original and the tool picks a sensible value for you. Only options that the chosen format supports are shown.

Preset Fills the boxes below for a typical purpose. You can still change any box afterwards. Bitrate (kbps) How much data every second of sound gets. Higher = better quality and a bigger file. Speech: 32-64. Music: 128-192. Best lossy quality: 256-320. Bitrate mode CBR keeps the same data rate all the time (predictable size, needed by some players). VBR gives hard passages more data (usually better sound for the same size). Sample rate Snapshots of sound taken per second. 44.1 kHz = CD and music, 48 kHz = video and broadcast, 16-22 kHz = speech, 96 kHz and above = studio masters. A higher rate than your original adds nothing. Channels Mono halves the size and is ideal for speech. Stereo keeps left and right for music. Choosing stereo for a mono recording just copies the sound to both sides. Bit depth Precision of each sample. 16-bit = CD, 24-bit = studio, 32-bit / 32-bit float = editing headroom, 8-bit = tiny files with audible hiss. Only matters for lossless and WAV-type formats. Compression level FLAC is always lossless - this only trades speed for size. 0 = fastest, biggest file; 8 = slowest, smallest file. The sound is identical at every level.

Normalize loudness (EBU R128, -16 LUFS)Evens out volume to the international broadcast / podcast standard, so quiet files get louder and loud ones softer. Remove tags & metadataDeletes title, artist, album art, GPS and other hidden information - good for privacy and a slightly smaller file.

Not sure what to pick? Read the detailed guide to these settings below the tool.

Also reduce the file size (optional)The result is made smaller while it is converted - it stays in the format you chose, in one step with no extra upload. Add files to see the expected size.

Ready. Select one or more audio files to begin.

Any number of files
Runs in the background
Files never stored

Drop your image files here or click to browse

JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, GIF, AVIF · any number of files, up to 200 MB in total

🔒 Private · deleted after download

Images per page

1 × 11 per page 2 × 12 per page 4 × 14 per page 6 × 16 per page 8 × 18 per page 16 × 116 per page

Paper size Draw a clear frame around each image

Make the text selectable & copyable (OCR)Reads the words in your pictures and adds an invisible text layer, so you can select, copy, search and paste text from the PDF.

The language is detected automatically - English, Hindi and the other Indian languages, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, European languages and mixes of them.

Also reduce the file size (optional)The result is made smaller while it is converted - it stays in the format you chose, in one step with no extra upload. Add files to see the expected size.

Ready. Add your image files to begin.

Where will you apply? Paper size Font Spacing Margins Text size 10 pt Accent colour

Choose a template

The preview is close to the file you get. Dashed lines show where pages end.

Fill in your details on the left - the preview updates as you type. Everything stays in your browser until you press Download.

Load draft

Writing helpers: job-match keywords, action verbs, my resumes

Match a job advert (keywords)

Paste the job description. We list the important words it uses and show which ones your resume already contains - tap a missing one to add it to your skills.

Action verbs

Click a word to insert it where your cursor is in a bullet box.

My resumes (saved in this browser)

Drop a photo here or tap to choose

JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP · up to 200 MB

🔐 100% on your device · never uploaded

Size & output

Preset Width (px) Height (px) Unit Scale (%) Crop ratio Keep the proportions when I change width or height - untick it to set an exact size such as 3.5 x 4.5 cm: the crop box then takes that shape, so nothing is stretched.

Format Quality 85% Target size (KB, optional)

Quick:

Ready. Choose a photo to begin - it never leaves your device.

Runs in your browser
Exact pixels or KB
No upload

Drop pictures or a scanned PDF here

JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, PDF · any number of files, up to 200 MB in total

🔒 Private · deleted after download

Recognise text

The language is detected automatically, mixed languages included.

PDF pages

Ready. Add a picture or PDF and press Extract text.

30 languages
Files deleted at once
Copy or .txt

Supported formats 9 in → 32 out

9 pictures and scanned PDFs:

JPG
PNG
WEBP
BMP
TIFF
GIF
HEIC
AVIF
PDF

32 output and recognition languages:

Plain text (copy)
TXT file
English
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Kannada
Korean
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Odia
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Spanish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

How to use the Image to Text (OCR)

1Add up to 10 pictures (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF...) or one PDF.
2Choose the language of the text in the picture. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and more are available; English is always read alongside.
3Press Extract text, then copy it or download a .txt file. Check names and numbers once before you use them.

Extracting text from images and scanned PDFs: how OCR works and how to improve it

Optical character recognition (OCR) reads the shapes of letters in a picture and turns them into text you can copy and edit. This guide explains what to expect, how to get clean results, and how to work with Hindi and other languages.

Common uses

Copy text from a photo of a page

Photograph a notice, a book page or a bill and paste the words into a message or document.

Scanned documents

Pull text out of scanned certificates, letters and forms so you can search or quote them.

Screenshots

Copy text from a screenshot of a chat, a video slide or an app that does not allow selecting text.

Hindi and regional documents

Recognise Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and other scripts from printed material.

Study and research

Turn textbook photos and lecture slides into text for notes and translation.

Business paperwork

Digitise invoices and receipts to search for a number or a vendor name later.

What OCR can and cannot do

Modern OCR is very accurate on clean, printed text and weaker on handwriting, stylised fonts, low resolution and curved or shadowed pages. Treat the output as a fast first draft and proofread important details.

Choosing the language

Each language has its own alphabet and spelling patterns, so recognition improves a lot when you choose the right one. English is always read together with your choice, which suits mixed documents such as Hindi forms with English names and numbers.

Photo tips

Hold the phone parallel to the page, use even light, fill the frame and keep text horizontal. Tap to focus and avoid flash glare. A flat scan at 300 dpi is better than a tilted photo.

PDFs

If a PDF already contains real text, it is copied directly and instantly. Pages that are pictures are recognised page by page, up to 15 scanned pages at a time.

Output

You get plain text in reading order that you can copy or download as a .txt file named with the time. Tables become lines of text rather than cells.

Privacy

The picture is deleted as soon as its text is read, and the text 2 minutes after you are done; nothing is kept or shared.

Troubleshooting

The text is garbled

Most often the wrong language is selected. Choose the language of the page and try again.

Some words are missing

Retake the photo closer, straighter and in better light, or increase the scan resolution.

Numbers look wrong

Proofread digits such as 0/O and 1/l, especially in amounts, dates and ID numbers.

Available in 55 languages

The whole site - menus, buttons, guides and messages - can be switched to 55 languages, including English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Nepali, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Use the language menu in the top bar; your choice is remembered, and the file formats and tools work exactly the same in every language.

Why use TinyFileHub

30 languages including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, Urdu, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and major European languages
Works on photos, screenshots and scanned PDFs - PDFs that already contain text are read directly and instantly
The language is detected automatically, and English mixed into other languages is read too
Reads everything on screenshots and photos: small screen text, light text on dark buttons, coloured backgrounds and grainy photos are cleaned up before reading
Readable result: tables keep their rows and columns, wrapped lines become paragraphs, side-by-side panels are kept apart - or choose 'Keep the original columns' to get the text at its original positions
Copy to clipboard or download a .txt file, named with the time so files never overwrite each other
Up to 10 pictures at once, or up to 15 pages of a scanned PDF
Private: pictures are deleted as soon as the text is read, and the result 2 minutes after you are done - nothing is kept

Tips and good to know

How do I get the most accurate text?

Use a sharp, well-lit, straight-on photo with the page filling the frame. Choose the correct language - using English for a Hindi page gives unreadable results. Printed text works far better than handwriting.

Why are some characters wrong?

Small print, folds, shadows and low resolution confuse recognition. Retake the photo closer and in even light, or scan at 300 dpi. Always proofread names, numbers and dates.

Can it read tables?

It reads the text in reading order and keeps line breaks, but it does not rebuild table cells. For tables, copy the text into a spreadsheet and split the columns.

What about a scanned PDF?

Upload the PDF and pick the language. Pages that are pictures are recognised page by page; pages that already contain text are used as they are.

Frequently asked questions

Is the image to text tool free?

Yes, with no sign-up and no watermark.

Which Indian languages are supported?

Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, Urdu, Assamese, Nepali and Sanskrit, plus English.

Are my files kept?

No. The picture is processed while you wait and removed from the server immediately; only the text comes back to you.

Can it read handwriting?

It is built for printed text. Very neat handwriting sometimes works, but results are unreliable, so check them carefully.