About the Image to Text (OCR)

Image to Text uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract printed or typed text from photos, scans, and screenshots — returning editable plain text in seconds.

How It Works

Your image is uploaded to our server where pytesseract (Python bindings for Tesseract OCR) processes it. The image is first converted to greyscale, which typically improves accuracy by reducing colour noise. Tesseract's LSTM-based recognition engine then identifies character shapes and returns the extracted text.

The tool also reports a confidence score (average per-word confidence from Tesseract) and word count. Nine languages are supported: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.

What Is sortout.app?

sortout.app is a growing collection of focused web tools, each designed to do exactly one thing well. Every tool is free, requires no account, and is built to load fast anywhere.

Privacy

Your files are sent to our server over HTTPS, processed immediately, and deleted — never stored or shared. See our full Privacy Policy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this tool free?

Yes, completely free with no usage limits.

Do I need to create an account?

No. There is no sign-up, no login, and no registration of any kind.

What image formats are supported?

JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, and BMP. Maximum file size is 20 MB.

Why is my confidence score low?

Low confidence typically means the text is small, blurry, or in a decorative/handwritten font. Tesseract works best on printed text at 300 DPI or higher with good contrast.

Can it read handwriting?

Tesseract is primarily trained on printed text and has limited accuracy on handwriting. Results with handwritten content will be poor.

Contact

Questions or feedback? Open an issue at github.com/sortout-app/feedback or email hello@sortout.app.