How to Convert Images and PDFs to Text Using Google Documents!
We've all been there before: we have one copy of some vital document to which there is no editable, digital copy. In the olden times, one would have to transcribe every bit of text manually, spending hours on a task less interesting, and infinititely more frustrating, than peeling potatoes.
For decades, only an elite few had access to nearly magical hardware and software, tools of great arcane power that could transform text on a hard page into something editable by all. But no longer. Thanks to Google's powerful interconnected suite of tools, it's a process that whizzes by, and enables anyone with a free Google account to tackle even the most daunting of transcription problems.
Best of all, this particular method also works for PDF files!
Looking for a way to transcribe images to text while out on the town? Google makes this easy as well. Android and iPhone users can download the Google Lens app from the app store and use this to manually capture the text of anything the camera is pointed toward! Check out our guide for phones, here.
You can also grab text directly from images uploaded to Google Photos, learn how by clicking here!