OCRRouterGet API key

Convert PNG to text

Extract text from PNG images, including screenshots, exported slides and diagrams with labels.

Result

Your Markdown or JSON shows up here.

3 free pages a day, no sign-up.

How it works

  1. Step 1
    Upload your PNG
  2. Step 2
    We read the text, including small labels
  3. Step 3
    Copy the result

Why use this PNG to text converter

Sharp text in, accurate text out

Lossless PNGs keep thin strokes and small fonts intact, so even 10 pt labels are readable.

Diagrams and charts

Axis labels, legends and boxes in flowcharts are read along with the main text.

Code stays code

Text from screenshots of code keeps its line breaks and indentation as far as the image shows them.

What people use it for

Models that do this well

The free tool picks one for you. With the API you choose, and can set fallbacks so a failed page is retried on the next model.

1Gemini FlashGeneral vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.google/gemini-flash3 credits / page2Mistral OCRFast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.mistral/mistral-ocr6 credits / page3PaddleOCR-VLOpen-source document model from Baidu. Excellent on Chinese, Japanese and Korean.paddle/paddleocr-vl2 credits / page4TesseractThe classic open-source OCR engine. Plain text from clean printed scans.tesseract/tesseractFree

Do it with the API

Converting more than a few files? The same conversion is one request. Pick any model, or let auto choose.

Get API key

curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "auto",
    "file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'

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