Your go-to platform to read text from image in Microsoft Edge

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01. Upload a document from your computer or cloud storage.
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02. Add text, images, drawings, shapes, and more.
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03. Sign your document online in a few clicks.
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04. Send, export, fax, download, or print out your document.

How to read text from image in Microsoft Edge with DocHub

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DocHub is a powerful online platform designed to streamline document editing, signing, and distribution. With its user-friendly interface and deep integration with Google Workspace, users can import, export, modify, and sign documents directly from Google apps, ensuring smooth business processes and interactive workflows. Whether you're looking to edit a PDF or extract text from an image, our editor provides convenient tools to enhance your productivity.

Follow the steps to read text from image in Microsoft Edge

  1. Open the DocHub website in Microsoft Edge and log in to your account.
  2. Upload the image containing the text you wish to extract using the upload feature in the editor.
  3. Once the image is uploaded, use the text recognition tool available within the platform to begin reading the text from your image.
  4. Review the extracted text for accuracy and make any necessary edits directly in the editor.
  5. After finalizing your edits, you can choose to download the document, print it, or share it via email or other platforms.

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To hear specific content, select the text of what youd like to hear, then right-click (or press and hold) and select Read aloud selection. Is Read aloud available on mobile? Yes, Read aloud is available on Microsoft Edge mobile app on iOS and Android systems.
Right-click the image and select the Copy Text from Picture option. Place the cursor where you want to paste the text and press Ctrl+V (press the Ctrl and V keys at the same time). Besides pasting the text into OneNote, you can paste it into a text editor such as Notepad or other applications such as Microsoft Excel.
All you need to do is get our essential and convenient PDF toolkit and log in to you profile to Convert PDF to text OCR in Microsoft Edge immediately. This editing software is equally as suitable for collaborative work.
Microsofts Read OCR engine is composed of multiple advanced machine-learning based models supporting global languages. It can extract printed and handwritten text including mixed languages and writing styles. Read is available as cloud service and on-premises container for deployment flexibility.
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Once the PDF document is open in Microsoft Edge, click on the (ellipsis) icon in the top-right corner of the window. From the dropdown menu, select Convert PDF to Text OCR. A progress bar will appear, indicating that the OCR process is taking place.
To work with this addon, simply open the addons interface and load your image via the file selector (top section). Before using the addon, please make sure to select the appropriate OCR language. Default OCR language is set to English.

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