Converting an image to text has many benefits. But what’s the best way to do it?
The world is becoming digitized in every sense of the word. From academies to businesses, all rely more on virtual storage to secure important information and data.
That’s why converting words on paper into words on a screen is a common practice. Today, we’re exploring the best way to convert your images into readable text, so let’s begin:
Who Should Convert Images IntoText?
The process of converting images into text is not an easy one. It requires a lot of time and effort to get it done, which is why many people are looking for the best solution.Image-to-text conversion is a process that has been around for a while. It was first intended to be used by visually impaired people.
Nowadays, it is being used by
- Businesses
- Marketers
- Students
- Writers
- Institutions
- Academies
But how do they convert it? Using machine learning algorithms, a software that converts an image into text. The algorithm can be trained to recognize certain objects or scenes in an image and convert them into text.
The software can also be trained to recognize different languages like English, French, German, etc. So, that can also be useful for international companies with customers from all over the world.
Importance Of Editable Text Extracted From Images
It’s important to understand that an OCR tool can extract editable text from images. OCR, which stands for Optical character recognition, is software that converts images into text. It is also known as an “image-to-text converter.”
OCR programs have become more accurate and faster with time. They can now process scanned pages, converting them to searchable, editable text without the need for a human operator.
But, some OCR software work on the page level, so not all of them are able to convert a whole document or image at once. Yet, the program will read each line of text and then process it for accuracy before moving on to the next line.There are many use cases where this technology can be applied:
- Scanning pages or documents that cannot be read by humans because they are too difficult to decipher;
- Reading and editing old handwritten documents;
- Converting any type of image into the text;
Besides that, it allows you to scan hundreds of pages and turn them into editable text. So, you can create viable data storage with it, use that text in content, improve the quality and print it again, etc. The point is possibilities with editable text are endless.
Whereas printed or imaged text isn’t exactly user-friendly or editable. So, once it’s in text form, it can be used, in many cases, by people of various facets, as we’ve mentioned before.
The Best Way To Convert Your Images Into Readable Text
Converting your images into readable text has only two ways. Either you do it manually, or you can do it with a tool. Manually isn’t exactly a choice, as it’s not practical, nor does it save time. Instead, writing one page alone will take a lot of time.
And, if the page isn’t exactly readable, then you won’t be able to convert it efficiently. So, using a proper tool is your only choice. So, here’s a 3-step process that is the best way to convert your images into readable text:
- Find An Image To Text Converter: Time-Efficient
The first step is to find an image-to-text converter. We’ll recommend you a couple of tools at the end of this article, but you can pick the one you like. So, you need to find a tool that thoroughly uses AI elements, including OCR’s various forms like IWR (intelligent word recognition), ICR, etc.
Besides that, you need a tool that offers you to convert at least 5 images at a time. There are many OCR tools today that only convert images into text once or twice a day. So, find something that offers a little more than that. Bonus points if you can find something that converts multipleimages at once.
- Use The Tool To Convert The Image Into Text
The next step is to use the tool to convert the image(s) into text. Now, it’s important to understand that some tools would ask you to give the URL, and others would ask you to upload it. Moreover, some would accept PDF, JPG, and all sorts of images.
But, other tools might not be able to convert such images. The save bet is to use the images in JPG form, as it’s the primary image format for any tool. So, upload the image, and it’ll look like this before conversion:
Do the captcha check and press “Extract text” to allow the tool to do its job. This depends on the size of the image and the text present in it. But, it shouldn’t take more than 20-30 seconds for a single novel-length page.
- Use The Editable Text
The next step is to use editable text. This will be presented to you in different ways, but the tool we’re using is giving us the editable text like this:
So, this is when you can either download the text, copy and paste it to your desired location, or simply use it directly. That’s why it is easyto use an OCR tool to extract text from images.
Which Image To Text Converters To Use?
Now that you know the best way, here are the two tools you can use to convert your images into readable text:
· Image To Text
ImageToText.info is a viable tool to convert images to text. It doesn’t have an intricate UI, so you won’t have any problems using it.
Besides that, you can upload the image or provide it with a link to convert your image into text.
· Editpad
EditPad’s image-to-text converter is yet another viable tool and the one we used in the demonstration earlier.
So, this is our second suggested tool, as it’s equally capable of helping you change the image to text.
Conclusion
These are some of the key things to know about converting your images into readable text. It’s important to use an OCR tool, as it’s the quickest and most dependable way of converting your content into readable text.
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