Extract all text from an image
Returns the text that appears in an image.
Video
Watch the following video to learn more about OCRTEXT()
.
Extract Text from Image (OCR Text)
Sample app
See the OCRTEXT Demo app .
Sample usage
OCRTEXT([Photo])
- returns the text from the image in the Photo
column.
Syntax
OCRTEXT([ image-column
])
-
image-column- Name of the column that contains the image from which you want to extract text..
Notes
To extract specific fields from an image, see Optical Character Recognition (OCR) .
Limitations
Currently, OCRTEXT()
has the following limitations:
- Requires an internet connection
- Can only be used as an initial value or app formula
- Cannot be nested inside of another formula. If you need to further process the output of the
OCRTEXT()results, you can useOCRTEXT([Image])in a hidden column and then use that hidden column in your formulas (see the sample app above).
