Posted by: devpeng | Thursday, 5 January 2012

Converting Img/PDF to Text

Making use of Google Docs’ Optical Character Recognition (OCR), here’s a little hack to get that text out:

First, choose to upload your file at Google Docs. Check the box that says “Convert text from PDF and image files to Google Documents” before clicking on Start Upload.

It helps if the source is sharp and of large resolution. There is a size limit of 2MB for files being uploaded, and for PDFs, it will not convert from the 11th page onwards.

Have fun!

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