Copy the text out of a photo, screenshot or scan. Reads English, Arabic and Urdu on your device.
Add one or more images.
Choose the language in the image.
Read the text, then copy it or download it as a .txt file.
Yes. It is free, with no sign-up.
No. The OCR engine and the English, Arabic and Urdu language data are served from arbeelabs.com and run on your device. Your images are not uploaded.
It works well on clear, printed text in common fonts. Ornate calligraphy, Nastaliq Urdu, Arabic with many diacritics, small print and handwriting are much harder, so check the result.
The browser downloads the language data the first time (about 1 to 11 MB) and then keeps it.