Tech: How To Convert Image to Word On Android Device

Business people, administrative workers or anyone who deals with a lot of documents on a regular basis must have heard about document conversion. There is a greater chance that they have used document conversion software at some point in time or, on the other hand, they are using them regularly in their day-to-day business operations.

Simply said, document conversion programs will help you convert one file format to another without any hustles from your side. They are truly something special. PDF is one of the most popular file formats in the world and logically there are plenty of programs that convert PDFs to all other file formats you can imagine. The problem may occur when trying to convert other file formats since they are not so popular as PDFs.

Image to Word conversion is one of the hardest conversions you can perform. Simply said, you are taking a picture with text, extracting text from it and putting all data about formatting and text into an MS Word file. It even sounds difficult and confusing. There are many desktop programs that perform such conversions, but they are in most cases too expensive for an occasional user.

Luckily for us, there are plenty of free image to word converter mobile apps that could do the job. One of the apps that given us the best results was Image to Word Converter app.  It is extremely easy to use, provides excellent conversion results and just happens to be completely free to use. There's really nothing negative to say about this app. Some of the apps’ features we like are:

- No limits on the size and the number of files you can convert

- Built-in powerful image scanner that uses top-of-the-line OCR engine

- Option to convert screenshots as well

- Easy-sharing feature

- Cloud storage support (Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox and more)

Business people could use this app to convert pictures of contracts, invoices, reports to editable MS Word formats which could ultimately save them a lot of time. And all of this is possible on the go, right on your mobile device. Despite app being extremely easy to use, we decided to provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to convert images to word.

Step 1:

Download Image to Word Converter app from the Play Store and install it.

Step 2:

After installing the app, open it and choose the file you would like to convert. You can choose images directly from your phones' gallery, from Gmail attachments, or previously mentioned cloud services.

Another option is to use your phones' camera and built-in document scanner to take an image of your document. We recommend scanning the document on a flat surface and without any visible background. That way you will get the best possible results.

Step 3:

If you are not satisfied with the picture you took, here you have an option to crop and rotate it. Simple tap the "Convert" button after you finish editing your photo.

 

Step 4:

Wait for the conversion to complete and you're done! Didn't we say it was easy? Now you can open your document in a text editing app of your choice.

 

We would definitely recommend installing this app. Even if you never use it, there is nothing wrong with having it on your phone. Believe us, you never know when it could be useful. What type of documents would you convert with this app?