Text Lift

Drop a photo, scan or PDF to pull out its text. Your file never leaves this browser.

What to expect — on 17 of 24 test samples over 90% of the characters came out right (19 when you pick the right language). Tilted or stained text does worse. Read the result once.

Drop, paste or click to choose PNG · JPEG · WebP · PDF

The reading engine (about 4 MB) is fetched from this site the first time you press Lift. Your file and the text are not stored anywhere.