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Image to Word Converter
Turn a JPG, PNG or phone photo into an editable Word document. The text is read by OCR in your browser and saved as a .docx file, so the image never leaves your device.
- Download .docx
- No upload
- 19 OCR languages
- JPG, PNG, HEIC and more
Add the image you want in Word
Supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WebP, TIFF, HEIC, HEIF, HEICS
Auto detects the writing system and reads it. For better results, pick the language (up to 3 if the text mixes languages).
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Max file size: 10MB
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By language
- Urdu Image to Text Urdu OCR with Urdu preselected
- Arabic Image to Text Arabic OCR with Arabic preselected
- Persian Image to Text Farsi OCR with Persian preselected
- Hindi Image to Text Devanagari OCR with Hindi preselected
- Chinese Image to Text Chinese OCR, Simplified or Traditional
- Japanese Image to Text Japanese OCR with Japanese preselected
- Korean Image to Text Korean OCR with Korean preselected
- Bengali Image to Text Bangla OCR with Bengali preselected
By file type
- Multi Image OCR
- PNG to Text Extract text from PNG files
- JPG to Text Extract text from JPG files
- JPEG to Text Extract text from JPEG files
- GIF to Text Extract text from GIF files
- Handwriting to Text Extract handwritten text
- BMP to Text Extract text from BMP files
- TIFF to Text Extract text from TIFF files
- WebP to Text Extract text from WebP files
- HEIF to Text Extract text from HEIF/HEIC files
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- Image to Text Convert any image format to text
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What transfers to Word, and what does not
This converter moves text, not design. Each line the OCR reads becomes its own paragraph in the document, tabs are kept, and the file uses the default font of whatever program opens it. Lines in Arabic, Urdu and Persian are marked as right to left, so they display the right way round.
What does not come across:
- Fonts and styles. Bold, italics, sizes and colors are not recognized. Everything arrives as plain paragraphs.
- Tables. Text inside a table comes out as lines of text, without cells or borders. Rebuild the table in Word if you need one.
- Images. Photos, logos, stamps and signatures are left out. Only text is read.
- Layout. Columns, margins, headers and the position of text on the page are not kept. Pages with several columns are read block by block, so check the reading order.
If the document has to look like the original, keep the image open next to Word and format the text there. For a PDF, try PDF to text first: it reads the real text stored in the file when there is any.
How to convert an image to Word
Three steps, no account: add the image, extract the text, download the Word file.
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1. Add the image
Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or other image (up to 10 MB), paste it with Ctrl+V or load it from a link. Leave the language on Auto or pick the language of the text.
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2. Extract the text
Click Extract text. The image is cleaned up and read on your device, then the text appears in the box, where you can fix any misread words.
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3. Download the Word file
Click Download .docx and open the file in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. Corrections you made in the box are part of the file.
Tips for a better Word document
Before you extract
- Photograph the page straight on, in daylight or bright light, without flash glare
- Crop to the text you need, so photos, page edges and the desk are not read
- Use the original photo, not a copy saved from a chat app, which is often recompressed
- Pick the language yourself if the text mixes languages (up to 3 at once)
Before you download
- Read the text in the box and fix misread words there, so the .docx starts clean
- Check the confidence score under the result: when it is low, a retake is usually faster than fixing
- For faint or uneven print, tick Black and white under the language picker and extract again
- Several pages? Multi Image OCR reads up to 20 images into one .docx
When Microsoft's own tools are the better choice
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Your file is a PDF with real text
If you can select the words in the PDF, open it in Word with File, Open. Word converts the PDF into an editable document and keeps more of the layout than OCR can. It works best on documents that are mostly text.
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You already use OneNote on Windows
In the OneNote desktop app, right click a picture and choose Copy Text from Picture, then paste into Word. Useful when the image is already in a notebook.
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This page fits better when
the image is a photo, scan or screenshot, you do not have OneNote, you are on a phone or a Mac, or the picture is private and should stay on your device.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Our image to text converter is designed to streamline the process of extracting text from images. However, we understand you might have a few questions. To make the most of this tool, we've compiled some frequently asked questions along with helpful explanations to guide you.
How do I convert a JPG or PNG to Word?
Add the image here, click Extract text, check the result, then click Download .docx. The same steps work for JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WebP, TIFF, HEIC, HEIF, HEICS files. For phone photos, the JPG to text page has tips on getting a sharp shot; for screenshots, see PNG to text.
Will the Word file keep the original formatting?
No. You get the text and its line breaks, one paragraph per line. Fonts, bold, tables, images and the page layout are not recreated, so format the document in Word afterwards.
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. The OCR runs in your browser with WebAssembly and the .docx file is built in your browser too. The image and the text stay on your device.
Can I put several images into one Word document?
Yes. Multi Image OCR reads up to 20 images in one run, and Download all as .docx saves them in one file, with each file name as a heading above its text.
Does Word have its own image to text feature?
Word's desktop app has no command that reads the text in an inserted picture. It can convert a PDF that already contains text (File, Open), and OneNote for Windows can copy text from a picture so you can paste it into Word. For photos and screenshots, extract the text here and download the .docx.