Images sometimes contain text. For example, you may have downloaded an image with some witty quote from the internet or for some other reason you have an image where you just want to access the text content.
There are many ways to do this. Here we present a very simple one, which is to walk around via a pdf document and then use Word.
Depending on the image and text, the result is not always perfect. For example, if the background is sketchy or the text has different colors, Word might have trouble distinguishing words correctly. You may therefore need to adjust the result before you are satisfied.
If the method doesn’t work for your image at all, there are other ways. For example, you can use an online converter www.onlineocr.net, which is free. However, there is always some uncertainty in using such services: you don’t know where your stuff ends up and how it’s being used. And of course you are not even guaranteed a perfect rendering of the text.
1. Open
Open your image in your usual image viewer, here Windows Photo Viewer. Choose to print the image.
2. Print as pdf
Choose Microsoft Print to PDF as a printer and choose to save it with the appropriate name in the appropriate location.
3. Open with
Right click on the pdf file in explorer and select Opened with. If Word is not listed, click Select another app and scroll forward Word. To open.
4. Edit
Word works for a while and then your image is presented in text format. Edit as needed and then save the document as desired.
