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By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: August 2026
Got a photo of a sign, letter, label or menu in a language you don't read? Drop it in below: OCR pulls the words off your photo, then pick a language right there to get them translated. One tool, no account, no watermark.
Drop the photo in: OCR reads the words and hands them back as plain, copyable text in a few seconds. Pick a language underneath and press Translate to get that text in another language immediately, right on this page.
The text translator above is enough for most photos. If you need a translated document that keeps the exact page layout (columns, headings, image placement), our PDF translator does that. Drop a PDF below, or run a photo through our OCR PDF tool first to add the text layer it needs.
For plain text, one step is enough: OCR reads your photo and the Translate button turns it into another language right there. The PDF translator below is only for when you need a translated document that keeps the exact page layout: that needs to know where every line and text block sits on the page, which only a PDF carries.
Both the OCR and the translation run on our own hardware: the OCR engine and the language model are ours, nothing is forwarded to a cloud service. Uploads are processed and discarded right after; a translated PDF is kept for at most 45 minutes so you can download it, then deleted automatically.
Only need the words, not a translated document? Our Image to Text tool is step 1 on its own. Need the translated file to keep its exact layout without the OCR detour? Use Translate PDF directly on an existing PDF.
Drop your photo into the OCR box above: the words appear as plain text in a few seconds. Pick a language from the dropdown underneath and press Translate to get that text in another language immediately, no PDF required.
Yes: OCR reads the photo and a Translate button right under the extracted text turns it into another language immediately. A PDF is only needed if you want a translated document that keeps the original page layout.
No. Both the text recognition and the translation run on our own hardware, with our own OCR engine and language model. No outside service receives your files: everything runs on computers we operate ourselves, and files are deleted right after processing.
OCR reads English, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Translation covers English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, in any direction between them.
Yes: no account, no watermark. OCR and the text translation are both free with no daily cap; the PDF translator is free up to 25 pages per document, and a €5 ShinobiTools pass raises that to 100.
The tool accepts common image formats including JPG, PNG and TIFF. For best OCR results, use a clear, well-lit photo taken straight on: the sharper the image, the more accurately the text is read.
Yes, the tool runs in any modern mobile browser: no app to install. Take or pick a photo and drop it into the OCR box the same as on a desktop.
Accuracy depends on the photo quality: clear, well-lit text with good contrast translates reliably, while blurry or low-contrast images lose words in OCR before translation even starts. Our straighten and clean tools can help with a poor scan.
Not directly: this reads text from photos, not video files. To translate video to text, screenshot or photograph the frame that has the text you need, then upload that image here.
Not directly: this reads text from photos, not video files. For text shown on screen, take a screenshot of the frame and upload that here. For spoken words, ScribeGrab turns the audio of a video into text first.
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