A menu abroad, a screenshot in another language, a scanned letter, a sign in a photo: you can’t copy the text, so you can’t paste it into a translator. An image translator reads the text in the picture (OCR) and translates it.
How it works
- OCR finds the text and reads it, line by line.
- Each line is translated into your language.
- You read the translation next to the original.
Online, free
Upload a photo, screenshot or scan to the image translator and read its text in your language, line by line.
For better results
- Straight, sharp photos: hold the phone parallel to the page, avoid blur and glare.
- Crop to the text you need.
- Small, handwritten or very decorative text is harder; check important details such as numbers and names.
Text in a video instead?
For text burned into a video (subtitles in another language), use translate hardcoded subtitles, which reads it across frames and gives a timed subtitle file.