# Extract Text from Image

> Extract text from images, screenshots, and video frames with fast, fully local OCR.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/extract-text-from-image](https://chrome-stats.com/d/extract-text-from-image)

## Overview

- **ID:** `extract-text-from-image`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Denim
- **Category:** privacy-security,language-support,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2026-07-27
- **Size:** 51 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/extract-text-from-image/)

## Description

Turn images, screenshots, scanned documents, and visible video frames into editable text — directly in Firefox.

<ul><li><strong>100% local OCR:</strong> images and recognized text stay on your device.</li><li><strong>Select any area:</strong> capture only the text you need from a webpage.</li><li><strong>Video frames:</strong> record a visible area and stop whenever you are ready.</li><li><strong>Open image files:</strong> recognize text from PNG, JPEG, WebP, BMP, and other browser-supported image formats.</li><li><strong>30 included languages:</strong> choose the OCR language that fits your content.</li><li><strong>Copy or download:</strong> copy recognized text instantly or save it as a TXT file.</li><li><strong>Built for privacy:</strong> no accounts, analytics, ads, cloud OCR, or remote code.</li></ul>
<ol><li>Open the extension.</li><li>Choose <strong>Select area</strong>, <strong>Record area</strong>, <strong>Visible page</strong>, or <strong>Open file</strong>.</li><li>Select the recognition language if needed.</li><li>Copy, edit, or download the extracted text.</li></ol>
Temporary captures are deleted from extension storage as soon as the OCR result opens. The OCR worker is released from memory after recognition finishes.

## Rankings

- #53,651 — Overall
- #52 — ocr
- #103 — extract
- #157 — text-to-image

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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