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Convert image to Word

Read the text in photos, screenshots or scans and save it as one Word document, one page per image. Only the text comes across, not the layout. Nothing is uploaded.

Reads the text in photos, screenshots and scans (JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP) with OCR and saves it as one Word document (.docx), one page per image. Only the text is kept. It is free, needs no account and adds no watermark, and your files are not uploaded: everything runs in your browser on your device. The first run downloads the text reader (about 6 MB) and the WebAssembly engine that runs it to your browser, and after that the tool works offline.

Drop images to turn into a Word documentor click to choose files. Batches welcome.
    Details

    Reads printed English text. The first run downloads the text reader and its WebAssembly engine (about 6 MB) from this site; after that it works offline.

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    How it works

    1. Drop one or more images (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, screenshots or scans), or tap to pick them. They are used in the order shown.
    2. Keep line breaks as they are in the image, or join them into paragraphs.
    3. Convert to Word. The recognised text of each image is previewed and one .docx downloads, with each image starting on a new page.

    In your browser, not on a server

    Your browser decodes each image (libheif or the Squoosh decoders step in for HEIC, AVIF and JPEG XL), enlarges small screenshots so letters are big enough to read, and hands the pixels to Tesseract, the open-source OCR engine, compiled to WebAssembly by tesseract.js (Apache-2.0). The recognised lines are grouped into paragraphs and written into a .docx, a zip of Word XML parts, by a small writer built on fflate (MIT) in the same tab, with each image starting on a new page. Only the text is kept; layout, tables, fonts and pictures are not.

    Compared with upload-based tools: Online image to Word converters upload the picture to a server, and the images people convert are letters, forms and statements. Here the image never leaves your device, and after your first run the page keeps working with Wi-Fi off.

    Verify it yourself. Give the page a short while after your first run to save itself for offline use, then turn off Wi-Fi or switch to airplane mode and run the tool again. Or open your browser's developer tools (F12, or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac), pick the Network tab, and watch it while you convert. The panel above does the same count for you.

    Questions

    Does the Word file look like my image?

    No. Only the text comes across. Layout, columns, tables, fonts, colours and pictures are not kept: the document holds the recognised words as plain editable paragraphs, one page per image. That is what you want when the goal is to edit or reuse the words. If you need the picture itself in a document, Image to PDF keeps the page exactly as it looks.

    Is my image uploaded?

    No. The text is recognised by Tesseract, the open-source OCR engine, compiled to WebAssembly and running inside this page, and the .docx is built in the same tab. The engine and its English model (about 6 MB) are downloaded from this site on your first run, and after your first run the tool works offline.

    Which languages does it read?

    English, including accented Latin letters in names and places. It is the same reader as Image to text, so it gains languages when that does.

    How accurate is it?

    Very good on printed text that is sharp and straight: screenshots, documents and scans. It struggles with handwriting, curved or angled text and heavy shadows. Read the preview before you rely on numbers or names, and correct them in Word.

    Can I convert several images into one document?

    Yes. Drop them all and you get one .docx with the text of each image in the order they are listed, each starting on a new page. If you only want plain text, use Image to text; for a PDF with selectable text, use OCR PDF.

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