Image to Text: How to Extract Text from an Image

Extracting text from digital images could be a very inconvenient process. Most people simply perform manual retyping of the text written in the image.

However, this is a time-taking process and takes a lot of effort. To deal with this situation, you can try different ways of extracting the text from the images.

You can extract the text either by using the online image to text extracting tools or by installing advanced software that can extract the readable text from the images.

The common thing among these online tools and software is that they use the OCR technology to complete the extraction process.

In this post, we will mention some ways that can help users in extracting readable text from digital images.

However, before starting the discussion, you must know that:

 

What is OCR technology?

 

OCR is the optical character recognition technology used to recognize the written text inside images and pdf documents.

It is widely in online tools and software to convert the image containing written text into readable textual form.

Before developing the OCR technology, the only way to extract text from the images is manually re-typing the text. This process consumes a lot of time and effort.

To deal with this situation, OCR technology was developed to convert the printed-paper into readable textual form.

Once a printed-paper or image scanned through the OCR process, the text of the extracted file can be edited by using the below word processors:

• MS Word
• Google Docs

Different Ways to Extract Text from the Images

Multiple ways can be used to extract readable text from the images.

You can extract text from an image either by using the software or by using different online tools.

You can also download a mobile app to scan and extract the required text within seconds.

 

1.   Extract Text by using Software

There are multiple free OCR software are available in the market that can help you to extract and copy the editable text from the images.

All you need to do is simply download and install any OCR software from the internet and start extracting the text.

Most of these free software provides all the core features that you need to extract a picture.

They deeply scan the entire image by using the latest OCR technology and extract the readable text from the digital documents within a fraction of seconds.

Some of these softwares supports multiple languages and allows users to download the extracted text report with one click.

2.   Extract Text by using Online Tools

To get rid of downloading and installing the software, you can use multiple online images to text converting tools.

These tools use the latest OCR technology to extract text from low-resolution images.

These free tools provide an option to upload images from the system or from the webpage without any hurdle.

Once you upload the image in the online converter, it completes the OCR process and extracts the readable text from the images.

After getting the extracted text, you can copy text from image by using the “Copy Text” feature.

The noticeable thing about these tools is that they allow users to copy the extracted text in real-time and provides an option to save the report with one click.

3.   Extracting Text by using Apps

Using mobile apps is also another way to extract the desired text from the images.

You can use multiple free android and iOS apps to convert the readable text from the pictures.

These apps also use advanced OCR technology and work similarly with the online image to text extracting tools.

These free apps allow you to upload images from your smart device in different formats.

Once you upload an image in the app, it will scan the entire image and generates an accurate extract report within seconds.

Some of these apps allow you to download the extracted text report with a single click.

 

Conclusion

Manually extracting text from the images takes a lot of time. To quickly extract the required text from the images, you can use any of the above ways.

Extracting the readable text from documents by using software and apps requires downloading and installation process.

To get rid of downloading free software and apps, you can use multiple images to text converting tools available on the internet.

These tools use the latest optical character recognition technology to extract the editable text within a fraction of seconds.