Transcribing a document can be a tedious task depending on how much text is involved and your typing speed or accuracy. Thankfully, “optical character recognition” (OCR) technology makes it possible for you to extract text from scanned images, which you can then copy and paste directly into the text document of your choice, including the “rich text file” format. If you have the full version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can do this within the program. Otherwise, you can use a free, online service. Writer Bio
