Extract Text from Images - Free OCR Tool

Diwadi's OCR works with virtually any image containing text: screenshots, photos of documents, scanned pages, receipts, business cards, whiteboards, handwritten notes (printed text works best), PDFs converted to images, and more. Supported formats include PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP, BMP, TIFF, and GIF. For best results, ensure the text is clearly visible and the image isn't too blurry.

Accuracy depends on image quality and text clarity. For clean screenshots and scanned documents, expect 95-99% accuracy. Printed text on clear backgrounds works best. Factors that improve accuracy: high resolution images, good contrast between text and background, horizontal text orientation, and standard fonts. Handwritten text and stylized fonts may have lower accuracy.

Yes! Diwadi's OCR works completely offline. The OCR engine runs locally on your computer - no internet connection required after installation. This makes it perfect for sensitive documents, confidential business data, or when working without internet access. Your images and extracted text never leave your device.

Absolutely! Select multiple images or entire folders and extract text from all of them in one operation. Perfect for processing stacks of scanned documents, multiple screenshots, or photo archives. Results can be saved as individual text files or combined into a single document.

Diwadi's OCR supports multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many more. The engine automatically detects the language in most cases, or you can specify the language for better accuracy with non-Latin scripts.

Yes! Screenshots are actually ideal for OCR because they have sharp, clear text. Extract text from error messages, code snippets, chat conversations, web pages, app interfaces, and more. Much faster than manually retyping text from screenshots. Perfect for developers, support teams, and anyone who takes lots of screenshots.

Diwadi preserves basic text structure including line breaks and paragraphs. For simple documents, the extracted text maintains readable formatting. However, complex layouts (multi-column documents, tables, mixed text/images) may require manual cleanup. The focus is on accurate text extraction rather than exact layout replication.

For scanned PDFs (image-based), you can convert PDF pages to images first, then use OCR to extract text. For text-based PDFs, Diwadi has a separate PDF to Markdown tool that extracts text directly without OCR. Both approaches work offline and keep your documents private.

Online OCR tools require uploading your images to external servers, raising privacy concerns for sensitive documents. They also have file size limits, daily usage caps, and require internet access. Diwadi's desktop OCR has no upload limits, works offline, processes unlimited images, and keeps everything on your computer. It's faster for large batches since there's no upload/download time.

Completely free with unlimited extractions. No file size limits, no daily caps, no watermarks, no credit card required. Extract text from unlimited images forever at no cost. The OCR engine is included in Diwadi - no additional downloads or subscriptions needed.