As long as the picture has less than 2MB in size, you can extract the text out of it using this online OCR service. The image types supported are JPG, GIF, TIFF and BMP. No signup required. No need to install anything. Upload the picture, enter the correct captcha code and hit the “send file” button. That’s all.

The result of the extraction is displayed on the webpage. There is no download feature. If you want to save the text, copy and paste it into your word processor program. Read the rest of this entry »