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Scan to text — image OCR online (free)

Extract text from photos, receipts, signs and screenshots. Export to TXT, DOC, PDF or CSV. Tesseract.js runs entirely in your browser.

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What is Scan to text — image OCR online (free)?

TL;DR: Shrink44's Scan to Text tool runs Tesseract.js OCR in your browser to extract text from images and export to TXT, DOC, PDF or CSV — no upload.

The Shrink44 OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool uses Tesseract.js — a WebAssembly-compiled version of the Tesseract OCR engine — to extract text from images locally in your browser.

Output can be saved as a plain TXT file, a formatted DOC (Word) file, a multi-page PDF, or a structured CSV for receipts and tables.

Use it for digitising printed documents, business cards, receipts, signs, screenshots, hand-written notes (with reduced accuracy), historical scans, and any image-based text source.

How it works

Step-by-step

Compress your file in under a minute — 100% in your browser.

1

Open the Scan tab

Visit Shrink44 and click Scan → Text.

2

Drop an image

Drag and drop a photo or screenshot containing text.

3

Pick a language

Choose the primary language for best accuracy.

4

Run OCR

Tesseract.js runs locally — no upload.

5

Export

Save as TXT, DOC, PDF or CSV.

Features

Why use Shrink44 for this

Designed for fast, private, no-signup file size reduction.

Tesseract.js engine

Industry-standard OCR running in WebAssembly.

Multi-language

100+ languages supported.

4 export formats

TXT, DOC, PDF, CSV.

No upload

Images stay on your device throughout.

Works offline

Once cached, run OCR without internet.

Free forever

No quota, no signup.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How accurate is Shrink44 OCR?

On clean printed text, accuracy is usually 95%+. Hand-writing accuracy depends heavily on quality.

Which languages are supported?

Tesseract.js ships 100+ language models. English is default; pick your language for best results.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No — Tesseract.js runs in your browser via WebAssembly. The image never leaves your device.

Can I OCR a multi-page PDF?

Currently the Scan tab works on images. Convert PDF pages to images first using the PDF tools, then OCR each one.

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Ready to compress?

Free forever. 100% private. No signup. Files never leave your device.

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