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Picture to Text Converter

Get the text out of a photo, screenshot or PNG, including the parts ordinary OCR mangles: formulas come back as LaTeX and tables as tables.

  • Photos, screenshots, PNG
  • Formulas and tables kept
  • Copy or download

Paste a screenshot of the page with Ctrl+V

or drop an image here · PNG, JPG, WebP · large images are resized for you

Every formula on the page, listed one by one.

10 credits · account
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Sample result

Image of a lecture notes page with three physics formulasbecame
Lecture 4 - Energy and motion
Kinetic energy of a body of mass m moving at speed v:
$$E_{k}=\frac{1}{2} m v^{2}$$

Work done by a constant force along a displacement:
$$W=\vec{F} \cdot \vec{d}=F d \cos \theta$$

Simple harmonic motion:
$$x(t)=A \cos (\omega t+\varphi), \quad \omega=\sqrt{k / m}$$

How to convert a picture to text

  1. Step 1: Add the picture

    Paste a screenshot, drop a photo or choose a PNG or JPG.

  2. Step 2: Extract the text

    Sign in and convert; a picture with text uses 10 credits.

  3. Step 3: Copy or download

    Copy everything as Markdown text, download it, or copy single formulas.

Picture to text for study and work material

Most free picture-to-text tools are fine for plain sentences. Screenshots of lecture slides, papers or worksheets are different: they mix text with formulas and tables, and that is what this converter is built for.

Reading a whole page uses the high-accuracy engine: a free account and 10 credits per image. New accounts get free credits to try it; single formulas stay free on the home page.

Output you can keep editing

The text comes back as Markdown: paragraphs stay paragraphs, tables stay tables, and formulas are LaTeX you can paste into a document or render in a Markdown editor.

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Picture to text questions

Is picture to text free here?
Extracting the text of a whole picture needs a free account and 10 credits; new accounts get free credits. Converting a single printed formula is free on the home page.
Which image formats work?
PNG, JPG, WebP and GIF, up to 2 MB after the in-browser resize.
Can it read tables?
Yes, clear tables come back as Markdown tables. For a spreadsheet, use the image to Excel converter.
Is my picture stored?
No. It is read and discarded; the text result is kept in your history.

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