What are the best tools for converting image data into Excel?

A simple method is to upload the image to Google Drive and open it as a text document. You can then save it as an Excel file. It’s straightforward and works pretty well.

If you're looking for something quick, OneNote actually has a built-in OCR feature. It's pretty good, but keep in mind that its accuracy might vary based on the quality of the image.

I've had great success using Tesseract for this type of work. Just make sure the image is properly oriented; sometimes Windows can mess that up with hidden rotations, and you'll want to avoid that pitfall.

Using Copilot or another large language model can be a game-changer. You can even ask one to generate a Python script for you that uses Tesseract along with Pandas and OpenPyXL for easy conversion.

For Excel users, the 'Data from Picture' feature is super handy. It scans the image and converts it into a table. If you're exploring other options, Google Docs and various online OCR converters are also worth considering. Just remember, the cleaner the image, the better the results!