How do I use Google text recognition?

Optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms allow computers to analyze printed or handwritten documents automatically and prepare text data into editable formats for computers to efficiently process them . It is another way to extract and leverage business-critical data.

Open your file with Google Docs. Click the Open with option and click Google Docs. A sheet icon appears while the file is downloading. Google is now in the process of converting your PDF or image file to text with OCR.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) The Vision API can detect and extract text from images. There are two annotation features that support optical character recognition (OCR): TEXT_DETECTION detects and extracts text from any image.