A short and sweet post about software services and tech tools…
Who: Free Online OCR
What: Online conversion service from image or pdf to text
Where:
How Much: Currently free
Why: I serve on the chapter board of my professional association and had a PDF that required updating but did not have a copy of the text version of the file...and I will do just about anything to avoid retyping a document. Of course, I only support using this tool for good and not evil- it should be used on documents that you own the copyright to. It's quick and easy to convert a document:
1. Browse to attach file
2. Select the language
3. Select whether to rotate the document
4. Click 'send file'
Viola! Within seconds, you'll have access to download the file as a text file or Word document!
For converting other types of document check out this Tech Toolkit tip.
Another site is goodocr.com. It can convert scanned document to text too.