How to convert Image to Text?
1. Upload Image
Upload JPG Image or PDF document for conversion. You can upload any type of input images or documents, such as PDF, Tiff, PNG, BMP, JPEG and other.
2. Convert
Click the “Convert” button and our Picture to Text Converter will automatically extract text from images and convert it into editable text.
3. Download
Download converted editable file by clicking on the link or copy extracted text into clipboard
Image to Text Converter – what is this?
Image to text converter is the Online OCR tool based on Optical character recognition technology. Use our service to extract text and characters from scanned PDF documents (including multipage files), photos and digital camera captured images.
If you need to convert picture to text or extract text from a photo, use our image to word converter. If you have a scanned book in PDF format and want to create a searchable PDF, our service is the best solution to convert PDF to Word or Excel!
You don't need to waste time rewriting a scanned lecture - just upload the scanned JPG and convert image to text.
Using advanced image pre-processing algorithms and OCR technology, our service scans text from your images and extracts it to any editable format.
OCR tool – use cases
The image to Word converter has many uses
This allows us to extract text from scanned JPG or PDF documents
It creates searchable, editable and accessible content
Additionally, some options for using image to text are described below:
Searchable PDF
The most useful feature is converting a scanned PDF into a searchable PDF. This option allows you to quickly find the necessary information in the extracted text. This function is often used by libraries and government agencies to digitize their archives.
Education
Teachers and students can convert scanned study notes, textbooks and lecture notes into text for better exam preparation. Scanned lectures takes a lot of space on your hard drive or phone. The text-based version, created via image to text converter takes up much less space.
Book Digitization
Book digitization is the process of converting physical books, magazines and other records into digital media using an image to word converter. As content digitizes, more and more publishers and organizations are digitizing their physical books into text formats such as PDF/A for easy distribution and reproduction in the online space.
These digitized books can then be read on a digital screen. The editable format helps reduce file size and allows third-party applications to search, reformat, or manipulate text.
Data mining
Data mining is the process of extracting and discovering patterns in large data sets using methods that intersect machine learning, statistics, and database systems. Image to text conversion is the first step in preparing structured information to data mining set.
Data extraction
It is used to extract text from invoices, receipts, tables, forms and other documents to create databases and spreadsheets.
Quick translation
When you see something in an unknown language, you can simply take a photo, send it to our image to text conversion service, and once processed, send the extracted data to the translator.
Legislation and Compliance
Typically, legal documents are got in scanned form. Using picture to text converter you can extract important information from legal documents, contracts, invoices or government docs. Image to text converter gives you the ability to convert scanned documents into digital versions.
Image to Text Converter - Key Features
Multiple recognition languages
Our image to Word converter supports 46 recognition languages. Including general European and Asian languages. This is very useful feature.
Supported input formats
Service can convert the following image formats: PDF (All types of PDF files including multi-page PDFs), TIF/TIFF (Multipage TIFFs supported), JPEG/JPG, BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF, ZIP files containing the above types of files can also be uploaded.
Supported output formats
Service gives you the possibility to convert image to text into 5 output formats: Adobe PDF document, Microsoft Word document, Microsoft Excel document, RTF document, Text Plain
Copy to clipboard
Ability to copy extracted text directly to clipboard for further using in free and registered mode
No need installation any software
Our picture to text converter is a completely web-based service. If you want to convert JPG to Word you do not need to download and install any software. You can use Online OCR service at any places and time using a web browser
Secure conversion
All documents uploaded under the free "Guest" account will be deleted automatically after conversion. Output files for registered users are stored one month
Extract text from Image using Email
Email OCR allows you to convert images to text and PDF to editable formats via email. Send PDF files or image files and receive converted documents as easily as email from your desktop, laptop or phone.
Free Service
Capturing text from images is totally free for "Guest" users (without registration) and allows you to convert 5 files per hour. If you need more pages to convert, please sign Up and you will get 50 free pages.
SOAP and REST API interfaces
OCR API is a cloud-based service that provides SOAP and REST web interfaces to integrate Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology into your software application or web site. OCR Web Service is efficient, powerful and scalable platform capable of processing huge volumes of images and documents.
OCR Web Service allows you to:
Convert Image to Word or extract text and characters from scanned PDFs or images. Service includes Zonal OCR to extract specifically zoned text from image.
Convert OCRed results directly to editable formats including Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word/Excel, Rtf and Txt.
Get extracted text or converted file and send to Database directly or your executable program.
We are also available in other languages
What images can I convert to Word?
You can extract text from any graphic formats: TIF/TIFF (multipage TIFF), JPG/JPEG, BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF, PDF (multipage PDF) The only restriction: file size should not exceed 15 Mb in free guest mode and 200 mb for registered users. Image resolution should be 200 DPI or higher to ensure good conversion results.
How can I convert Image to text, if image size is 25MB ?
Please you have to Sign Up with our service. Registered user able to convert files up to 200 mb
How do I convert more than one image at once?
You can upload more than one file at once by placing the files in a ZIP archive (available only for registered user)
I want to convert all pages in multipage PDF to Excel file. Is it possible?
Yes, of course. Registered user can convert all pages in the multipage PDF to Word or Excel. Output file will have the same layout as original document.
I want to convert only 2 pages from 50-pages PDF file, is it possible?
Yes, it is possible for registered users. In conversion options set "Multipage document" flag, and in the field for a range of pages specify necessary pages separated by comma (or range of pages with a hyphen).
Can I extract text from JPG rotated clockwise?
Yes, sure. Before converting Image to Word, our service automatically rotates the image and performs full-page deskew on image
How long will it take to convert my image to Word?
The text recognition time depends on a lot of factors. First of all, it is the image quality. The average conversion time for one file is several seconds. We recommend to convert image with DPI 200 or 300
What other effective methods are there for converting images to text?
The easiest approach is to use online OCR technology. Our text extractor tool leverages this technology, allowing you to obtain text from images with just a single click.
In addition, here are some other useful tools and methods for text extraction:
Tesseract- A powerful open-source OCR engine developed by Google.
Google Cloud Vision API- This cloud-based solution offers comprehensive OCR capabilities for analyzing images.
Microsoft Azure AI Vision- A cloud-based service that provides advanced image processing features.
Amazon Textract- An AWS service that efficiently extracts text, forms, and tables from scanned documents.
Apple's Live Text (for iPhone)- If you have an iPhone, this feature is built into the Camera apps starting from iOS 15.
Is it safe to convert my documents using your service?
Your privacy is our priority. We don't store any of your documents. Your files are protected by TLS encryption during upload and download and are automatically deleted immediately after processing.
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