Free tool · runs in your browser
Turn images & PDFs into text
Drop in a photo of a letter, an old document or a scanned PDF and get clean, editable text back in seconds. Nothing is uploaded — the whole thing happens on your device.
Preparing…
Your text
First run downloads the OCR engine (~4 MB) plus your chosen language (~2–15 MB), then caches them for next time. Large or low-quality scans may take a little longer on slower devices.
Why we made this free
We're a digitisation company — every day we help people rescue their old photos, films, tapes and documents and bring them safely into the digital world. This little tool is part of that same mission: getting the words off your paper and into a format you can search, copy and keep forever.
And because your memories are yours alone, we built it so your files never leave your device. There's no upload, no account and no data collected — just open the page and go.
How it works
1. Drop your file
Pick a photo, scan or PDF. It stays right here in your browser.
2. We read it on your device
The OCR engine runs locally on your own computer — nothing is sent to us.
3. Copy your text
Editable text appears instantly — copy it or download it as a .txt file.
Got more than words to save?
Old photos, cine film, video tapes and slides deserve the same care. We'll digitise them for you and send back crisp, lasting digital copies.
Digitise my memories