{"id":220,"date":"2025-09-02T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:28:57","slug":"tool-extract-text-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/en\/tool-extract-text-image\/","title":{"rendered":"The best OCR tools for extracting text from images"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would you like to automate your company&rsquo;s operations? If so, it&rsquo;s good news. Automation is a very important aspect of business, since it not only streamlines business operations, but also saves a lot of labor and time.<br>However, moving your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/fr\/blog\/redaction-outils-ia\">business<\/a> to automation poses a number of challenges. Find out in this article about <strong>the best OCR tools for extracting text from images<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 4 best free image-to-text converters for businesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OCR (optical character recognition) is an advanced technique that analyzes images containing characters, processes them and extracts text<\/strong>. Here are four free tools for extracting text from images using OCR technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetotext.info\/fr\/image-en-texte\">Imagetotext.info<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Imagetotext.info is an amazing tool that performs AI-based extraction and allows you to copy text from images, scanned documents or screenshots<\/strong>. This tool uses the advanced Tesseract-OCR software. But what sets it apart from the rest? Let me tell you why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n\n<li>It&rsquo;s free to use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Allows bulk extraction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Has multilingual capabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Supports multiple image formats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Allows file download in (.txt) format.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Available on the Web, Play Store and App Store.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the steps to follow to extract text from an image using Imagetotext.info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Start by downloading the image, then integrate it into the tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/image to texte.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. After downloading, press the \u201cConvert\u201d button in the bottom corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/image texte.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Copy the text by clicking on the icon on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/convertir image texte.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. You can also download the file (.txt). You can see the results in the attachment below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/image text.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can see that Imagetotext.info has succeeded in extracting the text from the image of the scanned document with great precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpgtotext.com\/fr\/image-en-texte\">Jpgtotext.com<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second tool for extracting text from images is <strong>Jpgtotext.com<\/strong>. It also works with <strong>OCR technology<\/strong>, enabling automatic text extraction from images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>It&rsquo;s free to use and supports several image formats, including JPG, PNG, JPEG, etc. Features include :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n\n<li>It supports 50 languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>It accepts files up to 15 MB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Works on computer and phone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>An extension is available for Chrome and Edge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the steps to follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Start by uploading a file by clicking on <strong>\u201cChoose file\u201d<\/strong>. You can also drag the image into the input field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/convertisseur texte image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Then click on <strong>\u201cExtract now\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/convertir image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. The image has been processed in a few seconds. Download the file <strong>(.txt)<\/strong>. You can also copy the text. Here are the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/text image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As can be seen above, Jpgtotext.info managed to extract the text from the image without error. So, if you have images up to 15MB in size, this is a good option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetotext.io\/fr\">Imagetotext.io<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third automatic text extraction tool is <strong>Imagetotext.io<\/strong>. The tool offers unlimited free access to process up to three images at a time, while the premium version lets you <strong>process 50 images<\/strong> (up to 10 MB) at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Here&rsquo;s an overview of the tool&rsquo;s features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n\n<li>Support for multiple formats such as JPG, PNG, JPEG, GIF, WEBP, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Multilingual capabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Supports multiple devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Allows insertion of links.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Download size of 10 MB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Access to many other tools such as jpg to word conversion and many more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&rsquo;s how to use this tool to extract text from a business letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Submit the letter by selecting the <strong>(+Browse)<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/image texte_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"271\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Once the letter had been downloaded, I pressed <strong>(Submit and Extract)<\/strong>.<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/outil image to text.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Then download the file <strong>(.txt)<\/strong>. Here are the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/outil convertir text.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After analyzing the results, I found them to be accurate, so I decided to rank this tool among the best OCR-based image-to-text tools that can help companies in the automation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prepostseo.com\/fr\/image-to-text\">Prepostseo<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last tool on my list is the Prepostseo converter. It also uses <strong>OCR technology<\/strong> and is free to use. Businesses can use this tool to extract text from scanned documents, financial receipts or any image containing characters. Below you&rsquo;ll find an overview of the functions offered by this tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n\n<li>Extract text from images, even at low resolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Submits up to 20MB at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Supports over 20 languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Works well on phone and computer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Allows insertion of a link.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Provides output in (.txt) and (.docs), you can also copy the text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&rsquo;s how to use <strong>Prepostseo Image to Text Converter<\/strong> to extract text from a document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Download a low-resolution scanned page by dragging it into the input area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/outil convert text_1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I pressed <strong>\u201cExtract text\u201d<\/strong> once the download was complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/text.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Download the result as a DOC file. You can see the results in the figure below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/img\/cms\/conv image texte.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comparison of 4 tools for extracting text from images using OCR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help you choose the right text extraction tool, here&rsquo;s a comparison table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tool name<\/td>\n<td>Download size <br>(in one go)<\/td>\n<td>Links insertion<\/td>\n<td>Download format<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Imagetotext.info<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>10MB<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(.TXT)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Jpgtotext.com<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>15MB<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>(.TXT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Imagetotext.io<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>10MB<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>(.TXT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prepostseo<\/td>\n<td>20MB<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>(.TXT) &amp; (.DOC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All four of the above tools are reliable and can accurately <strong>extract text from images using OCR technology<\/strong>. So, if your company is in the automation phase and needs to transform images or documents into editable text, give them a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the best OCR tools for extracting text from images in this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trainy.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}