About
Zarbaz Khan writes about optical character recognition (OCR), document conversion, and digital productivity at Extract Image to Text. His articles cover practical topics such as improving OCR accuracy, converting images and PDFs into editable text, and choosing the right tools for digitising documents. He works closely with the product team, so his guides reflect how the tools on this site actually behave rather than generic advice.
Articles by Zarbaz
Can OCR Read Handwriting? Cursive and Messy Notes Explained
We put handwriting OCR to the test with cursive, neat print, and messy meeting notes. See what AI recognition gets right, what breaks it, and how to get the best accuracy from your own notes
How to Extract Text from a Scanned PDF: Image OCR Steps
Learn how to save scanned PDF pages as images for OCR, review the text and choose a suitable export. Direct image-only PDF OCR is not supported.
Save Any Web Page as a Clean PDF (Without the Clutter)
Browser print-to-PDF keeps the ads, cookie banners, and broken layouts. Here's how to turn any URL into a clean, shareable PDF — and when the built-in way is actually enough.
How to Improve OCR Accuracy for JPG Images
OCR results from JPG images depend on image quality. Learn how blur, shadows, compression, cropping, and small text affect OCR accuracy, and how to prepare cleaner JPG images before extracting text.
Convert Pictures to Text Online – Best Methods Compared
Have you ever taken a screenshot, captured a receipt photo, or scanned an important document and later needed to copy the text inside it? Manually typing everything again can waste time and increase the risk of mistakes.
How to Extract Text from a JPG Image: OCR Tips for Cleaner Results
Learn why text inside JPG images cannot be copied directly, how OCR works, and how to prepare JPG photos, receipts, and scanned pages for cleaner text extraction.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR): How It Works, Types, Use Cases & AI Future
Once the image is processed by OCR, it begins the next phase, which is character recognition. Here, the technology identifies the individual characters, words, and sentences. Basically, in this step, the extraction process begins.
Digitize Handwritten Study Notes Without Losing Structure
Turning a notebook into useful revision material takes more than extracting words. Keep page order, preserve context, and build digital notes you can check against the original.
HTML to PDF Layout Problems: Margins, Tables, and Images
A good browser preview can still produce a PDF with clipped tables or awkward page splits. Use this workflow to simplify the document and check the actual export.
Fix Formatting After Converting an Image to Word
An editable document is a starting point. Learn which formatting problems to fix first and how to turn OCR output into a Word file that is easier to update.
PNG to Text Not Working? Fix These Common OCR Problems
A PNG can look sharp and still produce incomplete text. Work through the source image, background, crop, and reading order before trying another conversion.
Turn Receipt Photos into PDFs You Can Find Later
A receipt PDF is more useful when its text is checked and its filename makes sense. Use this capture, conversion, and filing routine to avoid a folder of anonymous downloads.
Screenshot OCR Errors: Fix Small Text and Broken Lines
Tiny interface text and crowded screenshots can turn a simple copy task into cleanup. This guide helps you isolate the right content and check the details OCR can miss.
Convert a Picture to an Editable Word Document (Free)
Turn a photo or scan into an editable .docx in three steps — and see exactly which formatting survives the conversion: paragraphs, tables, columns, and what to fix by hand.
Turn Photo Text into a Searchable PDF: Output and Limits
Create a PDF from recognized photo text and understand what changes. The converter does not preserve the original photo or merge multiple images.
How to Copy Text from a Screenshot (Windows, Mac, Phone)
Six ways to copy text from any screenshot — the built-in tools on Windows 11, macOS, iPhone, and Android, plus a free web tool that works everywhere. No retyping.
PDF to Word Without Adobe: Digital PDFs and Scan Workarounds
Convert selectable PDF text to Word, handle scans through image uploads, and check the formatting before using the result.
PNG vs JPG for OCR: Which Extracts Text More Accurately?
PNG keeps every pixel; JPG throws data away — and it throws it away exactly where letters live. What compression does to text, when it matters for OCR, and which format to choose.