A modern scriptorium
Read any image or PDF, privately.
Privsnap is a local OCR tool that reads text from images and PDF scans in 50+ languages, entirely in your browser. No uploads, no servers. Copy the text, or export a searchable PDF.
- 100% on-device
- 50+ languages
- Images & PDF scans
- Searchable PDF
- Privacy Filter
Unlimited transcriptions
or drag them here
Images (PNG, JPG, WebP) or PDF scans. Read entirely on your device, never uploaded.
Verba volant, scripta manent.
Spoken words fly away; written words remain.
How your work stays yours
Read in your browser
The recognition runs as WebAssembly on your own machine. Your images never reach a server, ours or otherwise.
Nothing is kept
We store no images and no text. Close the tab and the work is gone, the way a wax tablet is smoothed clean.
Redact before you share
Black out names, emails, and numbers with the Privacy Filter. The masking is baked into the pixels, so it cannot be undone in another app.
Free to begin
Five images a day at no cost. Subscribe for unlimited transcriptions and unlimited Privacy Filter redactions.
Join the scriptorium
Five images a day are free, no account needed. Enroll for unlimited folios at $4.99 a month.