Image Translator with OCR
An image translator for the moment you hold text in a picture you cannot copy: a screenshot, a photographed sign, a scan of a form. AI OCR pulls the text out, then you translate one box or the whole result. Inline mode keeps the original beside each translation; separate mode hands you clean translated text alone.
How it works
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Drop in the image or paste the screenshot — recognition starts right away.
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AI OCR pulls out each text line and keeps it tied to the box it came from.
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Pick a target language, translate one box or everything, then copy or export.
Why OhMyOCR
Translate with source context
Translated text stays tied to the OCR box it came from. Names, numbers and ambiguous words get checked against the image in one look instead of taken on faith.
Inline or separate modes
Inline mode slips a highlighted translation under each source line. Separate mode drops the source and shows the translated blocks on their own.
Works on screenshots and photos
Screenshots, product labels, receipts, slides, forms, signs — anything with text baked into the pixels.
Correct before translating
Fix OCR misreads inline first. Translation runs on your corrected text, so a bad extraction does not become a bad translation.
Why translate from the image instead of retyping?
Most text that needs translating arrives as pixels: a supplier’s spec sheet, a menu, a form, a screenshot of an app in another language, a photographed sign or receipt. Retyping it is more than slow. When the script is not one you read, you cannot type what you cannot identify — the text might as well be a picture, because to you it is one.
OCR-first translation removes the retyping step: the text is extracted with its positions, and translation runs on the extracted text. OhMyOCR keeps each translated line tied to its source box, so the things machine translation gets wrong most often — names, numbers, dates, codes — get checked against the original pixels instead of accepted blindly.
Inline vs separate mode, and when to use each
Inline mode puts the translation directly under each source line — the view for verifying. Reviewing a translated clause or an amount, you read original and translation as a pair, and a mistranslated number stands out instead of hiding.
Separate mode swaps in clean translated blocks — the view for reading, when you just want the document in your language, with images and formulas kept in place. Either mode lets you correct the OCR first and re-translate from the corrected text, which fixes the root cause of most bad translations: a bad extraction.
Frequently asked questions
How do I translate text from an image?
Upload or paste the image, let OCR pull the text out, pick the target language, then translate one box or the full result. The original stays visible the whole time, so you verify as you read.
Can I translate a screenshot?
Yes. Drop the screenshot into the web workspace and recognize it in one step.
What is the difference between OCR and image translation?
OCR extracts editable text from the image. Image translation adds a step: it translates that text into your target language while the source stays available to check against.
Is image translation free?
Every account gets free monthly credits for OCR and a monthly translation-character allowance — no credit card to start. Paid plans raise both.
Can I translate only one text box?
Yes. Select a single OCR block to translate just that line, or translate the full result in one action.
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