If you find some useful information in a PDF image and want to convert it to Word format for further use, you will need an OCR-enabled converter that is designed to recognize the text in a PDF image.
However, converting PDF images to Word is not so easy, since we need to keep the original format of images in Word output.Therefore, here we list 6 top PDF Image to Word converters with OCR that are able to maintain the original quality as much as possible.
Cisdem PDF Converter OCR
Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7 
Free Download macOS 10.14 or later
Cisdem PDF Converter OCR is our pick for the best PDF image to Word converter on Mac. It is both a PDF creator to create PDF files from Word, Image and others, also a PDF converter to export PDF as 16 formats. Its OCR feature cannot only convert scanned PDFs, but also multiple image formats into searchable PDF, editable Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text, ePub, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, HTML and RTF. What’s more, it supports batch conversion, you can convert multiple PDF image to Word format at one time.
Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7 Free Download macOS 10.14 or later
Have you ever used Google Docs to edit documents online? If not, you should have a try and utilize it as your PDF image to Word converter.
Google Docs can open PDF image or scanned PDF and then make them editable, you can modify the file directly in Google Docs, just as the way you edit a Word document in Microsoft Office Word, there are various editing tools offered. But the great disadvantage of converting PDF image to Word with Google Docs is that: the formatting will be lost, you should add back the formatting yourself.
Without software installation or login into Google account, we can still convert PDF image to Word for free, but we need an online free PDF image to Word converters, following 2 tools are recommended for you.
OnlineOCR is exclusively designed to extract text from scanned PDF and images, also convert scanned files into Word, Excel and Text format. It supports recognizing 46 languages. You can preview the real-time OCR result and check the accuracy, then export the result as formatted Word or Excel format. However, you can only convert one PDF image per time.
Online2PDF is more than a PDF Image to Word converter, it is a powerful PDF tool to edit, compress, unlock, protect, merge and convert PDFs. It supports uploading scanned PDF and image for OCR, also allow users export files as various format, including searchable PDF, editable Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ODT, ODS, ePub, Mobi, AZW3, Text and RTF. It can recognize 32 file languages.
What if you have installed Adobe Acrobat? Then you don’t need to try or pay for another PDF image to Word converter, Adobe can save your PDF image as well-formatted Word document too. But for the reason that Adobe cannot directly convert PDF image to Word, we have to save PDF image as PDF format first, then upload the PDF and Adobe OCR processes it.
It is easy to find a PDF image to Word converter, but not all of them can bring you accurate conversion result. According to the test results, standalone PDF image to Word converters are better and faster at the conversions.
Carolyn has always been passionate about reading and writing, so she joined Cisdem as an editor as soon as she graduated from university. She focuses on writing how-to articles about PDF editing and conversion.
