# Converting images to text?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-images-to-text/316907>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-images-to-text/316907 "2010-12-06T02:07:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![arosemena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@arosemena](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arosemena)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-images-to-text/316907/1 "2010-12-06T02:07:20Z")

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Is there a way in actionscript to convert an image to text data, i want to do an air app that converts an image to text and saves it in a text file, i also need a way to convert that text back to an image, thanks