OCR: Extract Text from Images Using These 5 Tools In the past, transcribing text from an image file was a lot of physical pain as you had to read the text from the image….

You might have to edit the document manually at places, but that’s nothing when compared to writing the full document altogether.įurthermore, the feature will not work on handwriting and artistic fonts and the best results are achieved when the document is in Times New Roman, Arial, Calibre or other such simple fonts. On an average, depending upon the clarity of the photo and the format of the text, the accuracy of the recognized text will be around 70% to 90%. Once the upload is complete you can open the document on your phone or your computer to see the recognized text.

The photo will then be uploaded to Google Drive and processed at the same time. Step 4: Finally, name the document and select the option that says convert file to Google Docs document. So you will have to trust your instinct, and if you think you took it well, press the continue button. In my case no matter how careful I was, I always saw this warning. Note: After processing the photo the app may prompt you that your photo may be blurred and would you like to take another photo. Hold your hands steady and then shoot the photo. For the best results, make sure you are on autofocus mode and that the image is sharp. You will now have to click the photo of the document on which you want to perform the OCR.

Here, select Document from photo to open your phone’s default camera. Step 2: You will be then asked for the type of New document or Upload that you would like to perform. Once the app is installed, launch it and press the menu button to select New option. Step 1: Download and install Google Drive App on your Android device (formerly Google Docs). This feature was there in Google Docs for Android and is now there in Google Drive too, which is what Google Docs became a part of recently.

We will see how you can use your Android phone’s camera to shoot photos of document and then convert it into plain text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology.

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