{"id":531,"date":"2017-08-12T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/?p=531"},"modified":"2024-08-08T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:28:14","slug":"transcribe-notes-from-pictures-for-free-with-google-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/12\/transcribe-notes-from-pictures-for-free-with-google-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Transcribe Notes From Pictures For Free With Google Keep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever needed to transcribe notes from pictures for free? Most people take a photo of the text and then manually transcribe it but I&#8217;m here to get you some sweet, sweet efficiency gains bro!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me introduce you Google Keep on <a href=\"https:\/\/keep.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desktop<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.keep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Keep can transcribe text from pictures for you, so you don\u2019t have to worry about typing up notes from a meeting or whiteboard session. &#8211; Google<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Just take a photo, select \u201cGrab Image Text\u201d and Keep will transcribe your note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod\/original_images\/Keep_Mobile_V02_1000x563.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making Your Look Good<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, it&#8217;s a pretty simple process. Unfortunately this fantastic feature is hidden away in a sub-sub-menu in the app. I&#8217;ve been using Keep for years but never even knew it existed. Now that you know about it though you can look like a champ at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just imagine that there&#8217;s a pile of text on a whiteboard at work after a meeting. You take a quick snap while everyone one is still chit-chatting as they leave. Before they&#8217;ve gotten back to their respective desks you&#8217;ve emailed through a full copy of the meeting info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just one more way the Google Skynet is helping you get on top of things at work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever needed to transcribe notes from pictures for free? Most people take a photo of the text and then manually transcribe it but I&#8217;m here to get you some sweet, sweet efficiency gains bro! Let me introduce you Google Keep on Desktop and Mobile. 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