ToText - Image to Text OCR
ToText is a powerful offline OCR (Optical Character Recognition) app for Android that extracts text from images with high accuracy. It requires no internet connection, as all processing happens on-device, ensuring complete privacy. The app supports a wide range of languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Russian, and many more, covering Latin, CJK, Devanagari, Cyrillic, and Arabic scripts. ToText leverages a dual-engine technology combining Google ML Kit and Tesseract OCR to maximize text recognition accuracy. It can handle printed text as well as handwriting, making it suitable for documents, books, signs, menus, labels, and handwritten notes. Users can capture images directly from the camera or select them from the gallery, and the extracted text is presented for editing before export. The app offers several export options: copying to clipboard, sharing via other apps, saving as a TXT file, or generating a PDF document. A scan history is kept locally for quick access to previous results. The interface follows Material Design 3 with dynamic color theming and dark mode, and no account or registration is required to use the app. ToText is built with a strong focus on privacy. It processes everything locally and does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data, images, or extracted text. The only permissions needed are camera (to capture images) and storage (to access the gallery), and no internet permission is requested, reinforcing its offline nature.
- Category
- Content
- Pricing
- Free
Problem solved
ToText solves the problem of needing to extract text from images without an internet connection, ensuring privacy and convenience. It supports multiple languages and scripts, making it suitable for digitizing documents, notes, signs, and more, directly on mobile devices.
Use cases
- Digitize printed documents and books
- Extract quotes and notes from images
- Convert business cards to contacts
- Capture text from whiteboards and presentations
- Translate physical text by extracting then using a translation app
- Save handwritten lecture notes as digital text
Audience
- Business Users
- Content Creators
- Researchers
- Hobbyists
Pros
- Completely offline, ensuring data privacy
- Supports a wide range of languages and scripts
- Dual-engine (ML Kit + Tesseract) for high accuracy
- No account or sign-up required
- Multiple export options (clipboard, TXT, PDF)
Cons
- Android only, no iOS version
- Limited editing capabilities compared to full document editors
- Handwriting recognition accuracy may vary
- No cloud backup or sync across devices
- Processing speed depends on device hardware
Official website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cadosoft.totext.app
Canonical LambdaBase page: https://www.lambdabase.com/tools/totext-image-to-text-ocr