Photo to Text Converter

Photo to text examples

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  Extract text: a recipe card

  Banana Bread 3 ripe bananas, mashed 1/3 cup melted butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cups flour, pinch of salt Bake 60 min at 350°F (175°C)

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  Describe: a cafe table

  This is a photograph of a cozy cafe setting on a wooden table. In the foreground, a cup of latte with heart-shaped latte art sits on a saucer next to a golden-brown croissant on a white plate. An open notebook with a pen resting on it lies beside them. A small succulent in a white pot is positioned to the right. The scene is bathed in warm, natural sunlight streaming from a large window, creating soft shadows. In the blurred background, a person sits at another table in a bright, modern cafe interior.

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  Image to prompt: the same cafe table

  A cozy cafe scene on a wooden table, a cup of latte with heart latte art, a golden croissant on a white plate, an open blank notebook with a silver pen, a small succulent in a white pot, warm sunlight streaming through a large window, soft bokeh background of a blurred street and cafe interior, cinematic lighting, high resolution, realistic photography, warm tones.

How to convert a photo to text

Tap the upload box and choose a photo or screenshot (JPG, PNG or WebP). Pick a mode: Extract text, Describe the image or Image to prompt. Press the button and the result appears below in a few seconds. Use Copy to paste it into a note, email or document, or run it again for a fresh take.

Extract text, describe, or image to prompt

Extract text is for photos of words: notes, book pages, signs, menus, receipts, slides and screenshots. It keeps the original language and line order and marks a word it cannot read as [unclear] instead of guessing. Describe gives a short plain-language description, useful for alt text, captions or explaining a picture to someone who cannot see it. Image to prompt turns a picture into one prompt (subject, setting, light, style) that you can reuse in an AI image generator to make something similar.

Tips for clean text from a photo

Shoot straight on, in good light, with the text filling most of the frame. Crop away the background before you upload: the photo is resized to about 1024 pixels on its long side, so small print on a full page reads better when you crop to the part you need. Clear handwriting works; messy handwriting and very small print can come back with mistakes, so check names and numbers before you use them.

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