The 7 Best Image-to-Text Apps for Android and iOS

Do you want to change an image text to editable text? You can do that using your smartphone. Below, you will see the 7 best image-to-text apps for mobile.

Audrey Goodwin

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While on a trip, have you ever seen a quote on a poster or a wall? You like the section and want to share it on social media. Unfortunately, there are inappropriate drawings that get in the way. In that case, you need an image-to-text app. Take a photo with your mobile phone, then extract the text. Copy and paste the text on Twitter or put it on a better background before uploading it on Instagram.

As always, you must choose the best option available. In this article, you will see a comparison between the 7 best image-to-text apps.

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How We Tested the Apps

Misinformation is never a good thing. So, we tested the apps on this list to ensure that what we say about them is true. How did we test these apps? We considered price, accuracy, speed, and user-friendliness, among other factors.

Here's a quick comparison between the 7 best apps that we identified.

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1. PDFelement

PDFelement's OCR feature has received praise from tech reviewing organization TechRadar. On top of that feature, it provides you with other PDF tools to help improve your productivity.

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Pros

Supports many languages

Cons

OCR is locked behind a subscription

How To Use PDFelement (Mobile) to Convert Images to Text

Step 1 Create a PDF using the picture from which you want to extract the text. Alternatively, go to the Tools tab and then choose Test-only Recognize.

Step 2 Open the PDF using PDFelement.

Step 3 Tap the three dots at the top right of the screen, then select Recognize.

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Step 4 Choose Text Only, then tap Next.

Step 5 Select the correct language. You can choose up to three.

Step 6 Wait for the extraction to finish, then tap Go to file.

Step 7 Go to the Home tab to view the text file.

Your other option is to make the scanned PDF editable. Follow the same steps but replace Test-only Recognize and Text Only with OCR PDF.

PDFelement is one of the most reliable PDF tools available, and it includes a powerful text-to-image converter. Indeed, it's a cost-effective product. You can get it on Google Play Store and the App Store.

2. Google Keep

Google Keep is an online note-taking program. It has a built-in OCR, so users can quickly make notes using images.