Telugu OCR reads Telugu script in screenshots, photos and scans and gives it back as text you can copy, edit or translate. English words and numbers mixed into the text are read too. Everything runs in your browser, so the image stays on your device.
What people copy
| From | Why |
|---|---|
| A WhatsApp forward | Quote or translate it |
| A notice or form | Copy details without retyping |
| A newspaper or book page | Turn a passage into notes |
| A poster or banner | Paste the text into a translator |
Why Telugu needs a sharp image
Telugu letters are rounded and many differ only by a small stroke or loop. Vowel signs (gunintalu) attach to the top, side or bottom of a consonant, and consonant clusters use small subscript forms (vattulu) written below the line. In a blurry photo these marks merge with the letter above or vanish, and the result is a different syllable.
What to expect
| Source | Result |
|---|---|
| Screenshots of apps, news sites, PDFs | Very good |
| Printed books, newspapers, pamphlets | Good |
| Phone photos of notices and forms | Good if sharp and straight |
| Old, low-contrast or photocopied pages | Fair; check vattulu and vowel signs |
| Handwriting | Unreliable |
Tips for best results
- Crop close to the text. Text is found on a reduced copy of the whole image, so a few lines in a large photo can come out small. Cropping first makes them larger.
- Keep the page flat and the phone parallel to it. Curved book pages bend the lines and the subscripts below them.
- Read through the result: similar-looking letters are sometimes swapped. You can correct the text in the box before copying.
- Mixed Telugu and English comes back in one line, so addresses, phone numbers and product names stay in place.
After copying
The text is standard Unicode Telugu, so you can paste it into Google Translate, Word, Google Docs, WhatsApp or a search box.
Need the text of a scanned PDF? Use PDF to Text with the same language.