Your images.
Now searchable.

All those screenshots, receipts, and saved ideas.
Find them by what’s in them.

Lenscribe turns the text in your images into text you can search. Quietly in the background, right on your desktop.

Get Lenscribe See it in action
Windows, macOS & LinuxFree & open source
Your folders, as they are Your choice of vision model Text stays with the image The tools you already use
A LITTLE SETUP. A LOT LESS SEARCHING.

Save it. Forget it.
Find it when you need it.

No new filing system. Your folders stay yours.
Just give your images a little more meaning.

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~/Pictures01

Pick a folder.

Screenshots, scans, or your whole inspiration folder. Lenscribe watches it and its subfolders for new images.

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Let the words come out.

Connect your favorite vision model and enable extraction. Lenscribe reads the text while you get on with your day.

that thing I saved
There it is.
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Find what you remember.

Search the words inside an image with familiar file tools, or connect to Lenscribe’s local search API.

FROM “WHERE DID I SAVE THAT?” TO “THERE IT IS.”

The words are the way in.

Try a search with a few sample images.
The filename is only half the story.

A little Lenscribe demoSAMPLE FILES

Try , , or .

1 image foundSEARCHING TEXT & FILENAMES
This demo uses sample text in your browser.
saturday-coffee.png Text inside
EXTRACTED TEXT 
MAPLE & OAK COFFEE
Saturday, 09:41 AM

Oat milk latte       $5.50
Almond croissant     $4.00

Total               $9.50

A little pause. A good coffee.

Find that café. Even when the filename gives you nothing.

A SMALL DETAIL THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING

The text lives
with the image.

Lenscribe saves extracted text inside the image file itself. Move it, copy it, back it up—the words go along for the ride.

Your original image bytes stay intact. And the text stays readable, even when Lenscribe isn’t running.

A closer look at how it works
your-image.png↓
Your original imageSame pixels. Same image bytes.
PRESERVED
The words inside itReadable, searchable UTF-8 text.
APPENDED
One file. Everything together.
Move it Copy it Back it up
LESS MANAGING. MORE FINDING.

A quiet little app.
A clearer picture of your files.

Keep an eye on progress, choose your folders, and fine-tune the text.
Then close the window. Lenscribe keeps working in your tray.

Lenscribe Overview showing image counts, processing status, and watched folders
Watches folders automatically Review & edit extracted text Picks up where it left off
YOUR MODEL. YOUR CALL.

Bring your favorite
pair of eyes.

Use a hosted vision model, or keep processing on your computer with Ollama. Lenscribe works with the provider you choose.

OpenAIAnthropicGeminiOpenRouterGroqxAIOllama LOCALOpenAI compatible

Choose an image-capable model. Hosted API usage may have its own cost.

YOUR USUAL TOOLS, NOW WITH IMAGES
$ 
grep -ar "coffee" .
# EXAMPLE TEXT MATCH

MAPLE & OAK COFFEE
A little pause. A good coffee.

Search every file in the current folder and its subfolders. No running app required.

A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING

Good questions.

Curious about something else?
Start a conversation on GitHub

Does it change how my images look?

Lenscribe preserves the original image bytes and adds readable text after the image data. It does not re-encode the image. Compatibility depends on your image viewer accepting trailing data. Re-saving or re-encoding an image in another app may remove the appended text.

Can I keep everything on my computer?

Yes. Use a local vision model through Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. If you choose a hosted provider, your images are sent to that provider when extraction is enabled. Scanning alone does not send images to a model.

Which image formats can I use?

Lenscribe watches PNG, JPEG, and WebP files, including subfolders. Automatic extraction and previews support images up to 20 MiB. A vision model’s supported formats may vary.

Is Lenscribe free?

Lenscribe is open source under the MIT license. Hosted model providers may charge for their API usage. You can also connect a local vision model through Ollama.

What if the extracted text needs a correction?

Open the file inspector to review and edit its text, or reprocess the image with your selected model. Vision models can make mistakes, so you stay in control of the saved result.

MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT YOU’LL FIND

Your images have more
to say. Let them.

Give your saved images a second life.
Download Lenscribe and start with one folder.

Free to use. Open to explore. MIT licensed.
Lenscribe for WindowsWindows x64.exe installer · .msi package
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