TIFF to Text

Extract text from TIFF images online for free using OCR. Upload your TIFF and get editable text instantly.

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TIFF to Text — Free OCR Tool

Extract text from TIFF images using Tesseract.js OCR, the same engine used by Google Docs. Upload any TIFF or TIF file, and the text content is extracted entirely in your browser. Supports printed text in English and many other languages. The TIFF is first decoded using UTIF2, then passed to Tesseract for recognition.

FAQs

English is loaded by default. Tesseract.js supports 100+ languages. This tool uses the standard English model which works for most Latin-script documents.

Yes. This is the primary use case. Scanned documents, faxes, and photographed text in TIFF format all work well with this OCR tool.

No. Everything runs in your browser using WebAssembly. Your TIFF file never leaves your device and is not stored anywhere.

Accuracy depends on image quality. Clean, high-resolution scans with clear fonts achieve very high accuracy. Handwriting and low-resolution images may have more errors.