To convert JPG to text, upload your JPEG photo or scan, click Extract Text, and copy the result. This free JPG to text converter reads printed words with online OCR and returns editable text in seconds, with no sign-up.
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Three simple steps — no software to install, no account required.
Drop a JPG or JPEG file onto the upload area, or click Browse and pick it from your device.
Click Extract Text and the OCR engine reads the words in each image.
Review the text, make small edits if needed, then copy it or download it as a .txt file.
Upload a JPG, click Extract Text, and copy the result. There is nothing to install and no account to create.
OCR reads the visible characters in your photo or scan and returns them as editable text, whether it is a page, a label, a receipt, or a sign.
Convert JPG to text for free, without registering. Signed-in accounts get a higher monthly limit.
Add up to five images without an account. Merge them into one text, or get one .txt file per image in a ZIP.
Use it from a phone, tablet, or computer. Upload a photo straight from your camera roll in any modern browser.
JPG and JPEG are the same format and are both accepted, as are PNG and WEBP images up to 50 MB each.
Turn photos of textbook pages, slides, and whiteboards into notes you can search and edit.
Pull the text out of photographed receipts, forms, and business cards instead of retyping them.
Digitise labels, invoices, and printed records that exist only as phone photos.
Extract quotes and passages from photographed books, papers, and archive pages.
Reuse text from photographed clippings, signs, and printed drafts.
Copy an address, a recipe, or a phone number out of a picture without typing it.
This JPG to text converter reads JPG and JPEG files, which are the same format under two extensions, so JPEG to text works exactly like JPG to text. People also search for it as img to text or img to txt, meaning any picture file; PNG and WEBP images are accepted here too, so you do not need to convert them first.
| Format | Accepted here? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| JPG / JPEG | Yes | Phone photos and scans; up to 50 MB per file |
| PNG | Yes | Screenshots and lossless scans; up to 50 MB per file |
| WEBP | Yes | Images saved from the web; up to 50 MB per file |
| No | Use the PDF to text converter | |
| HEIC | No | Save the photo as JPG first |
JPEG is a lossy photo format, so a few habits make a visible difference to how well the text is read.
Hold the phone directly above the page, fill the frame, and tap to focus before you shoot. Daylight beats a desk lamp, which tends to add glare and a gradient across the page.
Every re-save of a JPEG loses detail, and messaging apps compress photos hard. Upload the original from your camera roll rather than a copy that has been forwarded several times, and avoid shrinking the image first.
A photo that looks sideways in your gallery should be rotated and saved again before uploading; some viewers apply a rotation that the file does not carry. The OCR reads upright text best.
Motion blur cannot be fixed afterwards. If the first result is poor, retake the photo with steadier hands or lean the phone on something, rather than uploading the same blurry file again.
OCR is reliable on clean printed text and weaker everywhere else, so treat the output as a first draft.
Sharp, evenly lit photos of printed text in ordinary fonts, with the page filling most of the frame.
Handwriting, decorative fonts, very small text, curved pages, glare, and busy backgrounds lower accuracy, and tables and columns come back as plain lines. For handwritten pages use the handwriting to text converter. Always check names, numbers, and dates against the original before you rely on the output.
Need a different output or input? Convert screenshots with the PNG to text converter, send the text into a document with the image to Word converter, extract words from a scanned document with the scanned PDF to text converter, or combine your photos with image to PDF.
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FAQ
Yes. JPG and JPEG are the same format with two file extensions, and both are accepted, along with PNG and WEBP. Upload the file and the OCR reads the visible text; phone photos, scans saved as JPG, and screenshots exported as JPEG all work. Each file can be up to 50 MB.
Upload your JPG, click Extract Text, then copy the result or download it as a .txt file. It is free without an account, with up to five images per batch. Choose Merge to combine several photos into one text, or Separate to get one .txt file per image. Our guide to copying text from an image covers other methods.
Sharp, evenly lit photos of printed text read well. Blur, shadows, glare, skewed pages, small or decorative fonts, and handwriting reduce accuracy, and heavy JPEG compression can smudge small characters. Always check names, numbers, and dates against the original. For handwritten pages, use the handwriting to text converter.
Most problems come from the photo, not the file type: motion blur, shadows, glare, a tilted page, or text that is too small. Retake it straight on in daylight, tap to focus, and fill the frame with the page. If a photo looks sideways in your gallery, rotate it and save it again before uploading.
This page returns plain text. To get a Word document, use the JPG to Word converter; to combine photos into a PDF, use the image to PDF converter. Our guide to converting JPG to Word compares the options.
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