How do you turn a screenshot into editable text?
Use optical character recognition (OCR) when you can see words in a screenshot but can’t select them. A clear crop can make headings, names, and short lists easier to extract and verify.
Extract the words from a screenshot
- Crop to the text you need. Keep whole lines and use the original screenshot if a compressed copy looks blurry.
- Open Image to Text and upload a PNG, JPG, or WebP image up to 8 MB. You can also paste a screenshot from the clipboard.
- Run the tool, compare the editable text with the screenshot, and copy the checked result into your document.
Check characters and reading order
Compare anything that matters, especially dates, prices, account references, and similar characters such as 0 and O or 1 and I. For two columns or a table, check which line goes with each label and rebuild the layout in your document if needed.
Example from a workshop notice
A screenshot says “Bring a notebook · Room B10 · 10:00 a.m.” Before sending the extracted text to a group, zoom in on the room code and confirm that the final character is a zero.
If a word stays unclear, take a fresh screenshot at a larger zoom or extract a smaller section. Copy the text directly from the source if the original page allows selection.