TextLens – OCR Text Extractor

TextLens – OCR Text Extractor | Copy Text from Images, PDFs & Screenshots

Turn any image, PDF, or webpage into editable text instantly with TextLens — a fast, privacy-first OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Chrome extension. Simply select any area on your screen and extract text in seconds.

EXTRACT TEXT FROM ANYWHERE ON THE WEB

Tired of retyping text from images, screenshots, or PDFs? TextLens makes it effortless:

Extract text from images on websites

Copy text from PDFs and scanned documents

Capture text from videos, canvases, and graphics

Works on any webpage with a simple selection

Just draw a box around the text — TextLens handles the rest.

HOW IT WORKS

Activate
Click the TextLens icon, right-click and select "TextLens", or press:
Ctrl + Shift + O (Windows/Linux) / Cmd + Shift + O (Mac)

Select Area
Draw a rectangle over the text you want to extract

Instant OCR
TextLens captures and processes the image locally using advanced OCR engines

Copy Text
View extracted text in a popup and copy it with one click

100% PRIVACY-FIRST OCR

Your data stays on your device.

No tracking or data collection

Perfect for sensitive documents and secure workflows.

MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT

Extract text in 25+ languages, including:

English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more.

KEY FEATURES

Select and extract text from any screen region

Right-click context menu integration

Keyboard shortcut support

One-click copy to clipboard

Fast, accurate, and lightweight

Works on Chrome (Manifest V3 compatible)

Completely free to use

USE CASES

Students copying notes from PDFs or slides

Developers extracting text from UI screenshots

Marketers capturing text from ads or creatives

Researchers digitizing scanned documents

Anyone who wants to avoid manual typing

WHY CHOOSE TEXTLENS?

Unlike cloud-based OCR tools, TextLens is fast, private, and works anywhere — even on protected pages and dynamic content.

INSTALL TEXTLENS TODAY

Save time, boost productivity, and extract text from anywhere with ease.

Add TextLens – OCR Text Extractor to Chrome now and start copying text in seconds!