Image to Text — Free AI OCR (GPT-4o Vision)
Upload a screenshot, photo of a document, receipt, or handwritten note — extract every word with GPT-4o vision. BYOK OpenAI key, no backend.
Your key is stored only in your browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the provider. We have no backend, so it never touches our servers. Get an OpenAI API key.
Drop a screenshot, photo of a document, receipt, whiteboard, or handwritten note. PNG/JPG/WebP up to 20 MB.
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How to use
- Step 1: Paste an OpenAI API key
- Step 2: Upload an image (PNG/JPG/WebP up to 20 MB)
- Step 3: Pick output mode (verbatim, structured, summary)
- Step 4: Click Extract text
- Step 5: Copy or download the result
GPT-4o vision vs traditional OCR
Traditional OCR (Tesseract, Google Cloud Vision) is great on flat, high-contrast text. GPT-4o vision goes further — it understands context, structure, and even handwriting, then returns markdown with headings, bullets, and tables preserved. The trade-off is cost: traditional OCR is free, GPT-4o costs a fraction of a cent per image.
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