This should help you..
<?php
function remove_images( $content )
{
//Run only on the front page, in your case the homepage
if(is_front_page())
{
//Remove the images
$postOutput = preg_replace('/<img\b[^>]++>/i','', $content);
//Get the first 200 characters only, you can change the number if you want
$postOutput = wp_html_excerpt($postOutput, 200);
return $postOutput;
}
return $content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'remove_images', 100 );
?>
Put this code in your functions.php
file.