Convert TIFF to TXT
Convert TIFF to TXT to collect the text of a scanned page into a file open to search and editing.
Convert TIFF to TXT to take the text out of a scan: scanners, fax machines, and document systems produce TIFF, yet nothing in it can be searched or copied. In a text file the lines can be searched and edited.
What happens when you convert TIFF to TXT
Recognised lines are written into a text file, and the picture itself stays behind. Columns, indents, and the placement of blocks on the page are not kept: the text is.
Scans in TIFF are usually crisp and free of compression artefacts, so a straight page of printed text reads well. Skewed sheets, faxes with broken lines, and small print on the grey background of a photocopy read worse. For a multi-page TIFF, recognised text from every page goes one after another into a single TXT file. Check the page order before uploading if a program will parse the text next.
- Text from the scan comes out as plain lines.
- Page layout is not reproduced.
- With no readable text there is no file: the conversion ends with an error.
How to convert TIFF to TXT
- Upload your file in TIFF.
- Select TXT as the result format.
- Start the conversion.
- Download the text file and check the lines against the scan.
When the text is locked in a scan
- Make an archive of scanned contracts searchable.
- Take the text out of a fax that arrived as a picture.
- Move a page from a scanned book into your notes.
- Hand the content of a scan to an editor without retyping it.
- Prepare a quote from a document whose source file is gone.
Other options for TIFF files
- If the scan holds a table, the TIFF to Excel (XLSX) converter lays it into cells.
- To place the scan itself into a document, use the TIFF to Word (DOCX) converter.
- To show the scan on a website, use the TIFF to WebP converter.
FAQ
What about a multi-page TIFF?
Text from every page goes one after another into one TXT file. Save the page you need separately if you want text from that page only.
Does the picture itself go into the file?
No, TXT keeps lines only. Save the scan separately if you still need it.
Why did some lines fail to come through?
A skewed sheet, faint printing, and marks on a photocopy get in the way. Scan the page again, straight and sharper.
More about the formats
What the format is, how to open it and how it differs from the others.