There are many free OCR software available that can recognize text from an image and can save it in MS Word, PDF, HTML and Text file formats. Text can be present in many types images. It can be a scanned document or a photo of a document, car license plate, a bill board etc. There are many image formats that can have text in it. A few are mentioned below:
| Image Type | Full Name | Compression | Transparency | Maximum Colors | Commonly Used in | Founded Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
Lossy |
No |
16 Million |
Video, Photography |
I992 |
|
GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
Lossless |
Yes |
256 |
Logos, Icons |
1987 |
|
PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
Lossless |
Yes |
16 Million |
Logos, Signs |
1996 |
|
BMP |
Bitmap |
Lossless |
No |
16 Million |
Photography |
— |
|
TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format |
Lossless/Lossy |
No |
16 Million |
Scanning, Archives |
1992 |
There are two types of OCR software are available to convert an image into Word Format.
Online OCR software is a web-based solution to convert any image file into an editable word format. You do not download the OCR software and do the OCR processing online after uploading your document on the website.
Here is the list of some Online OCR Software:
Offline OCR Software
Offline OCR software is the best option for those who need to convert the documents on a regular basis. There is a variety of offline software available. You can choose the best one and then require to download it.
Here is the list of some Offline OCR Software:
Here we have listed all popular image types. If you are using any of them and require to convert into a Word Format, you can choose online or offline OCR software to make the changes you desire.