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Use Google Drive to convert Images to Text (OCR)

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Use Google Drive to convert Images to Text (OCR) We may come across the need to  convert images to text  which should be editable, or we may need to convert some scanned copy into text, so that it can be edited in our regular editors. Actually, converting the scanned copy to text is done using  Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software  which may not come free. You need to spend some good amount of money to get them and convert images to text. Spending money to buy those OCR software only for single usage is not a good idea. You can convert images to text for free if you are a Google Drive user.  Google Drive  provides you the OCR technology and we make use of it to convert images to text. Convert Image to Text using Google Drive Before converting images to text, you need to see that there should be at least some text on the image, so that it can be converted to editable text. Images can be of png,  jpg  or any other format. Not only...

Remote Mouse: Convert mobile phone into mouse and keyboard

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Remote Mouse: Convert mobile phone into mouse and keyboard If we want to stop a video or want to move to the next slide, which may be running on our Windows desktop, then we need to go to the desktop to do so manually. Have you ever thought of doing these tasks by just sitting at your place? Using   Remote Mouse  you can use your mobile phone or tablet as a set of mouse and keyboard to operate your computer. You need to install this app on your mobile and the software on your Desktop. Remote Mouse review There are many apps to control your computer remotely, but Remote Mouse has some additional features which makes it acceptable to  everyone. To begin using it, first you need to set it up in both, on you mobile phone as well as your computer. Here are the steps. Set Remote Mouse in both mobile and desktop and connect them remotely First visit your Phone’s Store to install the Remote Mouse app in your device. It supports Windows Phone, Android...

Hide data in a secret text file compartment of Windows 8 / 7

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Hide data in a secret text file compartment of Windows 8 / 7 The Windows operating system offers many tweaks and tricks. If you are aware of these, then you can complete your tasks quickly and in a simple way. You may never need to use any third-party software, if you are good at using those tricks. Among those many tweaks available, I will let you know, how to hide data in a secret text file compartment, created using a Notepad in Windows 8 / 7. We normally save our bank account numbers, credit card numbers, important passwords and so on, in text files and place them on our desktop to access them easily. But, if your system is being shared with others, then there is chance of this information being compromised. What I suggest is, follow this method of hiding data whenever necessary and remove those text files immediately once you are done with your work, as once anything is made, there are many ways to break it. This method makes use of the Alternate Data Streams of the NTF...