Top Online OCR Tools for Accurate Text Extraction from Faxed Documents

OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. It is a technology used in various software and online tools to extract textual data from images and scanned documents.

That said, if you’re someone who has to deal with faxed documents (even if the world has moved past them,) you’ll know that the text these documents contain can’t be edited or copied directly.

To copy and edit this text to your preference, you first have to extract the textual information from the faxed documents. One way to do this is by using online OCR tools.

Now there are many OCR tools available online that can be used but some are generally better than others. This is because they are free to use and provide more accurate results. In this post, we’ll take a look at those best tools.

Best OCR Tools for Extracting Text from Faxed Documents

The following tools are handpicked by professionals and experts who work with and have to edit faxed documents often.

Extracttextfromimage.com

First on our list is Extracttextfromimage.com. Don’t be fooled by its name though. While it puts emphasis on extracting text from images, it can do so from faxes and other documents just as well.

Every time we’ve used Extracttextfromimage.com, the outputs were 100% accurate. This tool leverages OCR technology perfectly and provides you with multiple input options to upload the faxed document. You can drag and drop it, browse for it manually on your device’s storage, or add its URL so the tool can fetch it if it’s on cloud storage.

Additionally, it lets you edit the output directly in the output box. After that, you can either download the text in a TXT document or copy it using the provided buttons.

Not only that. Extracttextfromimage.com is free to use and up to four different language supports are given. They include English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Now to provide you with a demonstration, we’re providing this tool with the URL of a faxed document by the Congress of United States. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Jean_Schmidt_fax.jpg)

The following is the output we got. You can see that it’s accurate.

Imagetotext.info

Imagetotext.info has also made it to our list. It is also free to use. From what we’ve seen, it provides accurate results in each go, probably because this converter utilizes OCR.

The thing we like most about this tool is that it can extract text even from faxed documents that are not of the highest quality. This matters most because faxed documents often suffer from low resolution, image degradation, and noise.

Apart from this, multiple input options are also present here. And you can edit the outputs directly in the output box. Furthermore, the formatting of the document is preserved. The text extracted by Imagetotext.info will have spacing, commas, and headings just like the original faxed document had.

For demonstration purposes, we used this converter to extract textual data from the same fax that we gave to the tool above. You can see how accurate the output is below.

Imagetotext.cc

The third online tool that we and other professionals endorse is Imagetotext.cc. It also uses OCR technology at its backend and is able to extract text from faxed documents instantly.

While the tool does offer fewer input options (no fetching from URL), we think it’s still great since its accuracy makes up for it. Additionally, Imagetotext.cc is free to use and requires no registration from its users as well.

It offers multiple language support, 12 to be precise. You won’t have to worry if the document contains languages other than English.

Lastly, using this converter is quite simple, you just provide it with the fax, click on ‘Proceed’ and Voila. You’ll have the accurate text in an editable form, as can be seen in the demonstration below. We used the same faxed document that we’ve been using here as well.

Image to Text Converter by Prepostseo

Last on our list is the Image to Text Converter by Prepostseo. Just like all the others on here, this converter is free to use and doesn’t require registration either. It provides results that are quite accurate (we’ve tried it ourselves) and offers multiple input options. Outputs can be downloaded and copied with the click of a button.

Apart from this, the working of this tool is quick and users don’t have to wait too long to get results.

Having said that, to show you this converter’s accuracy, we’ll use the same fax document for text extraction below.

Final Words

The best online OCR tools for accurate text extraction from faxed documents include Extracttextfromimage.com, Imagetotext.info, Imagetotext.cc, and Image to Text Converter by Prepostseo.

These tools offer accurate results, multiple input options, and the ability to edit and download the extracted text. Additionally, they are free to use and do not require registration.