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.

How to Convert PDFs With Embedded Text Using Word Let’s start with PDFs that don’t need OCR, in other words, PDFs with embedded text.