: I have an rasterized text image. Can i convert it into text file? I rasterized my complete text file and then adjusted accordingly. Now I want to restore these images into text files. Is it

@Sarah814

OCR (=optical character recognition) software has been widely available over 25 years. Some scanners have it as a bonus and it's included to Adobe Acrobat.

Search for OCR software, you get plenty of hits. One example:

OCR software reviews November 2016

The results are very much dependent on the quality of your image, careful redaction is a must and non-english character sets may not be supported by all packages..

Have a backup of your file? Use it, if possible. Even a little old version that needs some retyping is better than OCR. Both need the same care (=100% check).

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@Speyer780

Unless your document is still open and you can still Undo the rasterization, there's no way to convert a rasterized image back into a text layer, if that's what you meant by text files.

You probably want to try softwares with OCR tools (or online tools like this one) to see if you can get the text recognized. Not 100% accurate but probably your best bet.

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