Does this read the actual characters?

No. It performs structural detection — it finds horizontal bands likely to contain text based on dark-pixel density. To extract actual characters, you need a full OCR engine like Tesseract.js, which we deliberately did not bundle to keep the page lightweight.

Why ship a detector that doesn't OCR?

It's useful for layout analysis, screenshot audits, and pre-checking whether an image has any extractable text before running it through a real OCR pipeline.

How does the confidence score work?

It combines the vertical coverage of detected rows with the number of rows found. Higher means more of the image looks text-like — not a guarantee of readability.

Is the image uploaded?

No. Detection runs entirely in your browser via the Canvas API.

Image to Text

Detect text regions inside an image — structural OCR preview.

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How to use Image to Text

Follow these steps — everything happens instantly in your browser.

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Step 1. Drop an image with text onto the zone.
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Step 2. Tune darkness threshold and minimum line height until detected rows look right.
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Step 3. Click “Detect text regions” — copy or download the report.