Do I have to choose the language?
No. One joint model reads Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese, including images that mix them.
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Online OCR
Online OCR is a free image-to-text tool that reads text from screenshots and photos directly in your browser with the PP-OCRv5 model. It recognises Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese, even mixed in one image, without choosing a language, and lets you check every line before copying or downloading the text.
What it does
- Mixed Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English and Japanese recognition
- Upload, paste a screenshot, or try the sample image
- Whole-image or selected-region recognition, rotation and small-text enhancement
- Long screenshots split into overlapping tiles automatically
- Text boxes and per-line confidence for proofreading
- Copy the text or download TXT and a boxes JSON
How to use it
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Step 1
Upload a PNG, JPG or WebP image, paste a screenshot, or load the multilingual sample.
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Step 2
Keep automatic recognition, or select a region, rotate the image or turn on small-text enhancement.
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Step 3
Run recognition, compare low-confidence lines with the image, then edit and copy or download the text.
Limits and notes
- Up to 25 MB, 12 megapixels and 16,000 px on the longest side per image.
- The first run downloads about 58 MB of engine and model files.
- Only the four scripts above are supported; it is not a universal recogniser for every language.
- Tables, complex columns, handwriting and heavy blur need careful checking.
Privacy
Images are processed in your browser and never uploaded. Only the OCR engine and model files are downloaded.
Questions
Does it work without a GPU?
Yes. Automatic mode prefers WebGPU and falls back to your CPU, which takes longer but gives the same result.
Can it read a long chat screenshot?
Yes, up to 16,000 px tall. Long images are split into overlapping tiles and duplicate lines are removed.
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