We deal with a lot of information daily, including PDFs, images of reports, forms, or tables that contain important information. Copying or editing information is not possible with such formats. The text needs to be first extracted and then converted into an editable file format.
This is where online toolkits become useful. They help simplify both the text extraction and file conversion processes. One such toolkit is Jpgtotext.com. It offers a collection of tools designed to extract text and convert it into a clickable and shareable format. In this review, I’ll discuss some of its tools that help meet everyday document handling needs and evaluate whether it effectively handles common extraction and conversion tasks.
Overview
Jpgtotext.com is an online toolkit that enables easy text extraction and file conversion. It offers multiple web-based tools that perform text extraction and file conversion tasks. These tools enable users to turn their uneditable files into editable or shareable formats. This makes it suitable for routine workflows like extracting text from scanned documents and converting them into editable formats.
As a freemium toolkit, It offers a limited number of free credits each day, allowing users to handle limited text extraction and conversion tasks without spending anything. It also offers paid plans that provide higher limits, making it flexible for different needs.
Text Extraction and File Conversion Tools
Among its many data extraction and file conversion tools, I’ve discussed a few below to show how the toolkit handles common conversion tasks.
PDF to Text
This tool extracts text from PDF files and returns the output as editable text, which users can copy or download, depending on their preferences.
It is pretty common to receive PDFs like invoices, meeting notes, or project summaries that contain important information that should be updated in the spreadsheets, reports, or presentations. Manually typing these details takes much time and also increases the chances of errors. However, this tool makes the text extraction easier. It can quickly extract the text from a PDF, and the extracted text can be edited or used in other files.
I gave it a quick test, and it performed accurately and quickly. The following screenshots highlight its working and the final output result.
So, in terms of performance, the tool works well for standard PDFs where the text is clearly readable and structured.
Key features
- Allows scanning multiple PDFs at once
- Secure Conversion
- Quick processing without requiring installation
PDF to Excel
This tool converts PDF files that contain tabular data into Excel spreadsheets.
Financial reports, bank statements, or sales summaries are usually shared as PDFs. When such numbers need to be updated, editing isn’t possible with the PDF format. Converting the PDF into Excel enables you to edit values, run calculations, and organize the information effectively.
During my test, the tool delivered precise results and ran smoothly. You can see the output in the screenshot below:
Key features
- Extracts tabular data accurately
- Creates editable spreadsheet files
- Reduces manual data entry
Image to Text
This tool can extract text from images. It uses OCR technology to turn textual images into editable and shareable text files.
Sometimes, we receive information locked in images like screenshots or scanned documents, and the image format doesn’t allow copying or editing text like plain text. This is where this tool comes in handy. It extracts text from the image and makes it editable. This enables you to use the information easily, saving time and preventing mistakes caused by manual typing. Also, the tool can even convert handwritten scanned documents into text.
Let’s insert a handwritten and blurry image into the tool and check whether it can convert it into editable text.
Key features
- Multi-language support
- Accepts various formats like JPG, JPEG, or PNG
- Produces selectable and editable text output
JPG to Excel
This tool converts images containing tabular data into Excel spreadsheets.
Tables such as invoices, reports, or lists are often shared as images. Editing or copying this data is not possible with the image format. However, with this tool, you can easily convert JPG files into Excel format to perform calculations and edits. This will help speed up your workflows and improve your productivity.
Let’s test the functionality of the tool by giving it an image with tabular data.
From the above image, you can see that the tool effectively converted the image containing tabular data into an Excel sheet in no time.
Key features
- Works with many image formats, like JPG, WebP, BMP, and HEIC
- Creates editable Excel files
- Detects rows and columns in images
- Helpful for data organization tasks
PDF to Word
This tool helps convert PDF files into editable Microsoft Word documents.
You have a PDF file that you want to convert into MS Word because you need to edit the content, reuse specific parts, or make quick formatting changes that are not possible in a static PDF file. You can use this converter to convert PDFs into Word format, which makes it easy to edit, update text, adjust formatting, and reuse the content.
Having said that, this tool works well for converting PDFs into Word format. When I tested it, it performed accurately and smoothly. Here’s the screenshot displaying its output result:
Key features
- Maintains readable formatting
- Supports scanned PDFs as well
- Converts multiple PDFs in a single attempt
- Produces files compatible with Word editors
Pricing
All tools from this toolkit are available for free, with some limitations that can be removed by switching to a premium plan. The initial plan starts at $3.5/month. Refer to the following picture to learn more about its pricing plans.
Final Thoughts
Jpgtotext.com works as a practical toolkit for users who commonly deal with images and PDFs. It offers multiple tools for text extraction and document conversion. All of the tools from this toolkit allow easy access and don’t require signing in or downloading anything.
Based on its performance across common file formats, the toolkit handles everyday text extraction and file conversion tasks effectively. This makes it suitable for everyday document handling. Try a few tools from this toolkit according to your needs and see how they simplify your daily text extraction and file conversion tasks.