This free tool lets you extract text from images


If you can't select text with the usual copy & paste method, then the free Windows software Capture2Text will help you get text from images and write-only PDFs. — Photo: Christin Klose/dpa

BERLIN: When you can't copy a text directly because it's read-only or embedded in a graphic, then you need to turn to text recognition or optical character recognition (OCR) for help.

One of the tools that can do the job for you is, a free, open-source program for Windows that can be downloaded from the software project site Sourceforge.

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