Convert Your Handwritten Text to Text Easily

I. How to convert handwritten text to text?

To convert handwritten text into text, you can either take a photo and save it as a picture file or scan it directly to a PDF file. Both methods achieve the same result. Here are some software recommendations for text conversion based on your specific needs.

1. Convert handwritten text to text with Renee PDF Aide

What is Renee PDF Aide ?

Renee PDF Aide is a multifunctional software tool that combines PDF file editing and format conversion. It features advanced OCR technology for converting scanned PDFs to common formats like Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Image/HTML/TXT. It offers fast conversion speeds of up to 80 pages per minute and various functions such as optimizing, editing, repairing, splitting, combining, encrypting/decrypting, and adding watermarks to PDF files.

Renee PDF Aide supports conversion of English/French/German/Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Chinese/Korean/Japanese and other multi-language texts. Selecting the recognition language in OCR mode can greatly improve character recognition accuracy and conversion efficiency, making it easy for computer beginners to handle.

How to convert handwritten text to text with Renee PDF Aide?

① With the help of “OCR” function – for pictures

When your handwritten text is saved in the form of a picture (take a photo of the handwritten text and save it as a picture format), you can use the “OCR” function in Renee PDF Aide to complete the conversion of the text content. Let’s take a look at the specific operation steps below.

Step 1: Run Renee PDF Aide, select the “Convert PDF” option.

Step 2: Enter the operation page, select the "OCR" option button on the top menu bar, and import the handwritten file (JPG/PNG/BMP format) into Renee PDF Aide using the "Add File" button. Choose the appropriate OCR language for the picture text and adjust the display direction if needed to improve text recognition accuracy.

Step 3: Click the “Convert” button to start converting handwritten text into text. The exported text will be saved in a text file for easy access and editing.

② With format conversion function – for PDF files

When your handwritten text is a scanned PDF file, you can use the format conversion function of Renee PDF Aide to complete the text conversion. Let’s take a look at the specific operation steps below.

Step 1: Download and install Renee PDF Aide, run the software, select the “Convert PDF” option.

Step 2: Enter the format conversion page, select PDF to Word/Excel/PowerPoint/TEXT as needed. Click “Add File” to import the file, enable OCR for better text recognition during conversion.

Instructions for enabling OCR technology:

In Renee PDF Aide, enabling OCR technology includes two functions. Right now

A. Recognize text in pictures or PDF scans. This option can recognize text in images or scanned PDFs. After enabling it, it can improve the accuracy of text recognition.

B. Identify built-in fonts (to avoid garbled characters). This option is applicable to the situation where there are built-in fonts in the PDF source file, in order to avoid garbled characters after the format conversion is completed.

Step 3: Click the “Convert” button to start converting handwritten files into editable format files. After completion, open the converted file and proceed to the next operation.

2. Convert Handwritten Text to Text Using Google Docs

Google Docs is a free online format conversion and editing tool with OCR function, which can realize text recognition of PDF files or image content. Let’s learn how to convert handwritten text to text using Google Docs.

The specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Log in to your Google Drive with your Google account, then find the “My Drive” – “Upload files” button, and upload the scanned PDF or image file that needs to be converted to text to Google Drive.

Step 2: Right click on the uploaded scanned PDF or image file, then select “Open With” – “Google Docs”. At this time, a worksheet icon will appear during the file loading process, that is, Google is using OCR technology to convert your PDF scan or image file into text.

Step 3: After opening, you can see that the content of the file does not have any format in Google Docs, and then you can use the editing function in the top menu bar to personalize the converted text content and edit it. Operated.

Step 4: After editing the file, find “File” – “Download” in the function menu bar, select the file format you want to save, and the file containing the text content will be saved according to the preset location to your computer.

3. Use the To-Text Converter online format conversion tool to convert handwritten text into text

To-Text Converter is a free online format conversion tool that supports extracting text content from image files and PDF files. The tool can recognize dozens of languages and characters, and supports the conversion of file formats including TIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, PDF, etc. Let’s take a look at how to use this tool to complete the method of converting handwritten text into text.

The specific operation steps are as follows:

Open the online conversion URL of the To-Text Converter tool in the browser:http://www.to-text.net/ , select the language and text of the handwritten text in the “Select language” (select language) in the operation box, and then use the select file button in “Upload file to convert” (upload file to convert) to convert the picture or text that needs to be converted into text Upload the PDF file to the web server (note: the file size cannot exceed 5MB). Then click the “Convert” button in the “Press and done” column to start executing the command to convert the handwritten text into text.

II. Summary

The three methods for converting handwritten documents into text differ in operational security and stability. The To-Text Converter online tool is convenient and quick but requires a stable network connection and uploads files to a web server, raising safety concerns during the operation process.

Google Docs is a secure online method endorsed by Google. However, it may alter the typesetting style of the source file, only preserving the text. If maintaining the original typesetting style is necessary, the other two methods are recommended.

Unlike other methods, Renee PDF Aide is downloaded locally, taking up less disk space, running faster, and allowing for offline operation without being affected by the network environment. There is no need to upload files to a third-party server, ensuring file security and unlimited file size for conversion. Overall, Renee PDF Aide is a secure, stable, and convenient choice for operations.