Image to Excel Unlock the Mystery of Table Extraction With OCR and AlgoDocs

Introduction

You have a table image that you need data extracted from. You've tried some methods, but they're all too time-consuming and/or inaccurate. What do you do?

Stop the struggle and let AlgoDocs do the hard work for you. Using our image processing and Optical Character Recognition technologies, we can quickly and accurately extract data from your table image. In just a few simple steps, you can unlock the mystery of table extraction. 

Why Turning a Scanned Image Into Excel Is Crucial

Imagine you're given a task at work that requires you to extract tables from a scanned image. Without the help of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, this would be an incredibly tedious and time-consuming task. But with the help of OCR, this process can be made much simpler.

Let's take a look at how this works. First, you need to upload the scanned image into the AlgoDocs platform. Once it's uploaded, our software will automatically detect and extract all of the tables from the image. From there, you can easily format the data and organize or even modify using a set of available filters, finally, you can extract the data into XML, JSON, Excel spreadsheet, or even hundreds of other tools.

This technology has become an essential tool for businesses and professionals who need to quickly and easily extract data from scanned images. With the help of OCR, turning an image into an Excel file is now a simple and straightforward process.

What Is Optical Character Recognition?

OCR is a process that takes an image of text and converts it into electronic text. Why would you want to do this? There are a few reasons. Perhaps you have an image of a document that you need to edit but the text is illegible. With OCR, you can convert the image into text that you can then edit.

Another common use for OCR is extracting data from tables in images. Often, data is presented in a table format in images but it's difficult to extract the data manually. With OCR, this process can be automated and made much simpler.

How Does AlgoDocs Table Extraction Work?

This step-by-step guide will show you how to extract data such as tables/handwritten in a few easy steps. First, you need to create an account or log in to your AlgoDocs account. The second step is to choose a predefined extractor or simply create new extractor rules by: 

1. Click the “Add Rule button” and select the data type (Text, Number, Date, table, etc.).
2. (optional step) Select a range of data you want to extract (only do this if your data is always in a fixed position, i.e. it will not change its position if you later load other documents).
3. Click the “Extract button”, next you may use default filters or add new filters with 'Add Filter' to refine your data until you get the result you want. 

Finally, you can export the extracted data to by selecting the desired format like Excel, JSON and XML. And because AlgoDocs is powered by artificial intelligence, the results are always accurate and reliable.

In the following video we demonstrate the basic steps to follow when using AlgoDocs for data extraction from Pdf documents and images.

Competitive Advantages of Automatic Data Extraction Tools

Now that you understand the basics of automatic data extraction, it’s time to talk about the competitive advantages of using a tool like AlgoDocs. Thanks to its highly sophisticated algorithms, AlgoDocs will save you a lot of time by taking out most of the work involved in manually extracting data from images or PDFs.

Its OCR results are also far more accurate than manual extraction, ensuring consistently high-quality accuracy with every extraction mission. Plus, it’s incredibly easy to use.

In addition, AlgoDocs offers an integrated API and an entirely web-based platform, making it easier than ever to get data from documents quickly and accurately without ever having to leave your workstation. All in all, you won’t find a better tool for quickly and accurately extracting data from images and PDF files.

Finally, using AlgoDocs' intuitive tools, you can extract multiple tables at once in minutes without any coding knowledge. Simply upload your images, and AlgoDocs will do the rest! It will perform table recognition algorithms that are designed to recognize any type of table structure along with its textual content.

Conclusion

AlgoDocs is a dependable platform for automatic data extraction that uses image processing and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technologies with a human vision attitude. This allows for reliable and accurate data extraction with high accuracy results. Text extraction from PDF documents is performed likewise using AI and self-learning algorithms. If you are looking for a platform that can simplify the table extraction process from images, then AlgoDocs is the perfect choice.Now try AlgoDocs the forever free subscription plan with 50 pages per month. You may check  AlgoDocs pricing for paid subscriptions if you need to process more pages.