MarkdownCo

Turn any image into
clean Markdown

Drop in a screenshot, scan, or photo and get editable Markdown back — tables, math, and diagrams included. Paste it straight into ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian, or your editor.

Tables preservedLaTeX mathAny language

How to convert an image to Markdown

Convert any image to Markdown in three steps — upload, convert, then copy or download the result, all on a free account.

Step 1

Upload your image

Drag in a screenshot, scan, or photo — PNG, JPG, or WEBP up to 10MB.

Step 2

Convert

Tables, LaTeX math, and Mermaid diagrams are reconstructed, not flattened into plain text.

Step 3

Copy or download

Edit the Markdown if needed, preview it live, then copy it or download the .md file.

Common image-to-Markdown use cases

Whether it's a screenshot, a scanned page, or a printed note, you get structured Markdown you can paste straight into an editor or an LLM.

Screenshot to Markdown
Screenshots of chats, articles, and docs into reusable Markdown
Scanned document to Markdown
Scanned pages of reports with tables and figures
Markdown for ChatGPT and Claude
Reference material into clean Markdown to feed ChatGPT and Claude
Printed notes to Markdown
Photos of printed notes into editable text

Image-to-Markdown OCR that keeps your structure

Most OCR dumps a wall of text. This keeps the parts that matter.

Tables stay tables

Rows, columns, and every cell are rebuilt as a real Markdown table — no dropped numbers, no flattened grids.

Tables stay tables

Math as LaTeX

Equations come back as valid LaTeX ($...$ and $$...$$), so formulas render instead of turning into gibberish.

Math as LaTeX

Diagrams as Mermaid

Flowcharts are reconstructed as Mermaid code blocks you can edit and re-render.

Diagrams as Mermaid

Reads any language

Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and 50+ more — text comes back in its original language, never translated.

Reads any language

Image to Markdown FAQ

It runs OCR on any image — a screenshot, scan, or photo — and returns clean GitHub-flavored Markdown instead of a flat block of text. Tables come back as Markdown tables, equations as LaTeX, and flowcharts as Mermaid diagrams, so the structure of the original is kept rather than lost. The result opens in an editor where you can fix anything, then copy it or download a .md file.
Yes. Every row, column, and cell is rebuilt into a proper Markdown table, so headers and numbers stay aligned instead of collapsing into a wall of text. This is the step most plain OCR tools skip, and it's what makes the output ready to paste into a document or knowledge base without re-formatting.
Yes. Mathematical expressions are returned as valid LaTeX — inline as $...$ and display equations as $$...$$ — covering fractions, integrals, sums, matrices, and Greek symbols. Paste the Markdown into any editor or LLM that renders LaTeX and the formulas display correctly instead of breaking into stray characters.
Flowcharts and simple diagrams are reconstructed as Mermaid code blocks, preserving the nodes, the shapes (process boxes versus decision diamonds), the arrows, and the edge labels. You end up with editable diagram code you can re-render or adjust, not a static screenshot.
Yes. The OCR reads 50+ languages — Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic as well as Latin-script languages — and returns the text in its original language. It transcribes and never translates, so a Chinese invoice stays in Chinese and a mixed-language page keeps each section in its own language.
Yes. The result opens in a two-pane editor: the Markdown text sits on the left and a live preview updates on the right as you type. If the OCR misreads a word or you want to adjust the formatting, edit it on the left and both the copied text and the downloaded .md file will reflect your changes.
You can upload PNG, JPG/JPEG, and WEBP files up to 10MB each. For the most accurate result, use a sharp, high-resolution image — a crisp screenshot or a well-lit scan converts far better than a small or blurry photo.
Accuracy depends mainly on image quality. Clean, high-resolution screenshots and digital documents convert almost perfectly, while blurry, skewed, or low-contrast photos can introduce occasional mistakes. Since you can edit the Markdown directly next to the preview, any small misreads take seconds to correct before you copy or download.
Yes, and it's one of the most common uses. Markdown is compact and structured, so handing a converted screenshot or document to ChatGPT, Claude, or another LLM is cleaner — and uses fewer tokens — than describing an image. The preserved tables and headings also help the model read the content accurately.
Every new account starts with 2 free credits, so you can convert a few images before paying anything. After that you top up with a credit pack whenever you need more. See pricing
Your image is uploaded only to run the conversion and is cleared from temporary storage shortly afterward; it is never used to train any model. For the full picture on how uploads and data are handled, read our privacy policy. Privacy policy