How to Extract Text from Screenshots (Quick Method)

Screenshots are one of the easiest OCR inputs because they usually contain clean, digital text. Here’s the fastest way to extract text from screenshots.

Quick method (works in any browser)

1. Take a screenshot (PNG preferred).
2. Upload it to an online OCR tool.
3. Copy the extracted text.

Make OCR on screenshots even better

• Zoom before capturing: bigger fonts mean fewer errors.
• Crop tightly: remove UI icons and background clutter.
• Choose the correct language for non-English text.

Common problems

• Blurry text: screenshot from a scaled or compressed source.
• Dark mode UI: low contrast may hurt OCR—try increasing brightness.

In most cases, screenshots convert to text with near-perfect accuracy—making this one of the best use cases for online OCR.