PNG to Text recognizes printed text in PNG images — screenshots, exported graphics, and saved pictures — using the Tesseract OCR engine running entirely in your browser. PNG's lossless compression keeps letter edges sharp, which makes it one of the best formats for accurate OCR.
Pick the language the text is written in — it strongly affects accuracy.
Drop a PNG image here, click to browse, or paste from clipboard
Best results with clear printed text
Yes. The tool is free and runs directly in your browser with no account required.
No. Recognition is done by the Tesseract OCR engine compiled to WebAssembly, running inside your browser tab. Your image never leaves your device.
PNG compression is lossless, so text rendered into the image keeps crisp edges. Screenshots and exported graphics saved as PNG usually give noticeably better recognition than the same content saved as a compressed JPG.
Yes — screenshots are a typical PNG source and usually recognize very well, since screen text is sharp and high-contrast. There is also a dedicated Screenshot to Text page with the same engine.
Transparent areas are treated as-is; if text sits on a transparent background it may end up on whatever default the render produces. For best results use a PNG with a solid, contrasting background.
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. Pick the language that matches the text in the image.
Common causes: the wrong language selected, very small text (upscale or re-capture at higher resolution), low contrast between text and background, or decorative fonts.
