There are a lot of underutilized technologies in common PC apps that are really useful once you discover them. One on my list ...

It is very easy in Java to read an image and you can store the image contents as flat file. To achieve this, read the image file using ImageIO class in Java and convert the array of bytes into String ...

Windows only: Free application ASCGEN, or Ascii Generator dotNET, takes in standard pictures and puts out images generated entirely from simple computer text. While free web apps like ASCII-O-Matic do ...

Quite a few apps, including some free ones, turn your PDFs into editable Word docs or image files that you can embed. It's easier than you may think. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 ...

OneNote is an Office application for creating, editing, and saving notes. The note-keeper can also insert almost every type of content, including tables, pictures, links, file printouts, video clips, ...

There are quite a few choices on iTunes for apps that can turn images of documents, book pages, business cards, and more into digital, editable text. Our favorite is TextGrabber for its ease of use, ...