How to Extract Text From a PDF to Word. The Adobe Portable Document Format has become a standard among business and governmental agencies for storing and distributing records. Adobe's Acrobat PDF ...

If you're wanting to convert an image into text, Google Docs has a powerful Optical Character Recognition feature built right in. Here's how to make it work.

OCRmyPDF is a free command line tool for adding searchable and copyable text to any PDF file.

If you've found the 'Copy Text from Picture' option is missing from OneNote on your Windows PC, here's how you can bring it back.

Open any image containing text in the web app, and you should see a Copy text from image link appear at the top.

Now available in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, Phone Link can use OCR to extract text from a photo, but it only works with Android devices.

To extract text from a single picture you’ve added into OneNote, right-click the picture, and click Copy Text from Picture. More tips here.