Use Image to Text
- Your input is a screenshot or photo.
- You need text from one image.
- Image dimensions and metadata are the main quality signals.
Tool comparison
Image to Text vs PDF OCR
Image-to-text handles one image input. PDF OCR handles page packets and returns plain text with page separators.
Decision
Which one fits the task?
Use PDF OCR
- Your input is a multi-page scanned PDF.
- You need page order preserved.
- PDF rotation, scan, and text-layer checks matter.
Avoid
Common mistake
A rendered PDF page image is not the same workflow as OCR on the original PDF packet.
Tools