Want to search through / edit a scanned document on your Mac? Here's how to convert a scanned document into a searchable and editable PDF using Wondershare PDFelement.

Since scanned documents are usually saved as images or PDFs, turning them into editable Microsoft Word files isn't entirely straightforward. However, you can do it in a few different ways.

Convert Image to Text using Google Drive Before converting images to text, you need to see that there should be at least some text on the image so that it can be converted to editable text.

If you're wanting to convert an image into text, Google Docs has a powerful Optical Character Recognition feature built right in. Here's how to make it work.

Topline Portable Document Format files, or PDFs, are easily presented and exchanged across softwares—even Word—so here’s how to convert a PDF into a Microsoft Word document.

Utilize optical character recognition (OCR) to turn scanned images into editable and searchable text. With up to 38 recognizable languages, this is an ideal feature for multinational businesses.