Picture To Text 4 Ways To Copy Text From Image

Picture to Text: 4 ways to copy text from
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Posted onLast updated: April 20, 2020
Are you looking for a simple way you can extract and copy text on an image file?
Just like scanned pdfs, you cannot just select and copy the text on an image.
However, there are lots of tricks and free tools that will allow you to extract text
from any image.
In this tutorial, I am going to show you 4 amazing tricks you can use to handle
this task.
Without any further ado, let’s see the various options and how they word.
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How to extract or copy text from a picture

Before I show you the way, I’ll like you to know that there is no image to text
converter that can handle blurry and dark pictures. So, if you want a clean
extract, ensure that your images are not blurry or dark. Also, make sure that the
pictures are not flipped upside down. This way, you’ll be able to extract accurate
text from your image.
I am sure you already have your image ready.
Below is the image I am going to use throughout this tutorial:

Discussed below are therefore the 4 available methods you can use to copy text
from any image.
#1: Copy Text from Image Using OneNote

One of the easiest ways you can copy text from any image is to use the Microsoft
OneNote app.
It has a very amazing feature that allows you to simply right click on the image
and copies any text from that image.
If you have Microsoft Office, then you should have OneNote included in the
package.
To check whether your computer has OneNote, perform a quick search on your
Windows PC for this keyword “One Note”.
If you don’t have OneNote on your PC, I think now is the time to go get it
installed. Or just explore the other options.
Once you confirm that you have OneNote on your PC, obey the instructions below
on how to use this app to copy text from your image file.
• Open OneNote.
• Using your Microsoft Account, sign in to the app.
If you are opening this app for the first time, you may be asked to sign in with
your Microsoft Account. If you are already logged in to the other office apps, you
may not see this sign-in window.
And once you sign in, you will see a screenshot like the one below:
• Select the Add Page button located on right pane at the top right
section.
This will add a new page to your notes.
• Click to place the insertion pointer inside the body section of the new
page.
• On the Ribbon, go to Insert > Images > Picture.
Navigate to the location of your picture and insert it into your One Note
document.
The picture should be inserted as seen on the screenshot below:

• Right click on the image you just inserted and select Copy Text from
Picture.
The text on the picture will be copied.

To verify this, simply add a new page and paste it there. Or open upyour notepad
and press Ctrl+V to paste.
The screenshot below shows the text I copied on my image.
At this point, you can switch over to your favorite text editor (like Word or
NotePad) and paste the text there.
You can now use this method to copy text from as many images as you like.
OneNote copy text from picture not available

In some cases, the Copy Text from Picture may not be available when you right
click. If that is you, try the following fixes:
• Fix #1: For Mac users, you should Ctrl+click on the picture (or right-
click with your mouse).
• Fix #2: Confirm that you are not using Office 365 account.
Unfortunately, Microsoft Office 365 does not support yet the OCR
technology that detects and copy text from images. To check whether
you are using Office 365 or not, click on the File tab and in the New
dashboard, check if you see OneDrive or Office 365|OneDrive.
• Fix #3: If you are not using Office 365 account, click somewhere on the
page that contains the image and edit something. The changes on the
page will force the copy to text feature to process. This may take a
while, say 10 minutes or even more.
• Fix #4: If this doesn’t work either, right-click on the image and use
the Save As… button to save the image onto your computer. Then add
a new page and using Insert>Images>Picture on the ribbon, insert
the image and try again.
I hope that one of these solutions will fix your “OneNote copy text from picture
not available” problem.
Also, you can try the other methods discussed below.
#2: copy text from image online

This option is the fastest way to extract text from images.
It involved using an online tool that is designed purposefully for this function.
This tells you how effective that can be.
There are several online converters that can extract the text from any image,
provided there are writings on that image.
The best tool out there is onlineocr.net. Obey the following instructions on how
to use this tool.
• Go to Online onlineocr.net with your favorite web browser.
• Use the Select file… button to select the picture that has the text you
want to copy or extract.
• Select the language and out format and then click on
the Convert button. As at the time of this writing, this tool supports
three output formats which are Microsoft Word, Excel and Plain text
format.

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How to extract or copy text from a picture

I am sure you already have your image ready.

Below is the image I am going to use throughout this tutorial:

#1: Copy Text from Image Using OneNote

The picture should be inserted as seen on the screenshot below:

The text on the picture will be copied.

The screenshot below shows the text I copied on my image.

OneNote copy text from picture not available

#2: copy text from image online

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