Scan Documents to Text — Free OCR for Every Format
Upload a scanned document, receipt, invoice or contract and extract all the text. Works on scans from phones, flatbed scanners and digital cameras.
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Upload an image and click Extract Text
All readable text from the image will appear here.
Converting Scanned Document to Text — What You Should Know
Scanning is the real-world OCR problem: documents arrive as photos or PDFs with uneven lighting, perspective distortion, and often multiple pages flattened into one image. This tool handles all of it in one pass. The one thing to know is that handwritten signatures and stamps don't convert to text (they're images within images), so you'll see them preserved as blank space. Page orientation is detected automatically — a sideways scan rights itself. For the best results from a flatbed scanner, keep the lid open enough that light is even across the page.
Specifications & Limits
Scanned Document to Text — Frequently Asked Questions
Can it read documents scanned at an angle?▼
Yes. The orientation is detected automatically and corrected, so a sideways or skewed scan gets straightened before text extraction.
What about handwritten notes and signatures?▼
Handwritten text is not extracted reliably, and signatures cannot be converted to text — they're images within the document. They remain as blank space in the output.
Can I scan a multi-page document?▼
Yes. Each page is processed in sequence and the text is extracted continuously, or you can process each page separately for more control.
Which format gives the best extraction: camera phone or flatbed scanner?▼
Flatbed scanner, because the lighting is even and the document sits flat. Phone photos work but struggle with perspective distortion and uneven shadows, especially in poor lighting.