JPG to Text Converter
Use ScanText.io to extract editable text from a JPG or JPEG photo. This is useful when a document, sign, note, or receipt is saved as a photograph instead of a text file.
When this is useful
- Copying text from a photographed document or page.
- Turning a phone photo of notes into text you can edit.
- Reading a label, sign, or printed form captured as a JPG.
How to get better results
- Use the original JPG when possible; repeated compression can blur small letters.
- Take the photo in even light and avoid shadows across the writing.
- Crop the image so the text fills more of the frame before running OCR.
What to expect
OCR works best with clear, printed text. Check names, numbers, and punctuation against the original JPG before using the extracted text.