Blurry text in photos

Got some shots of docs where the text is all blurry. Any way to sharpen this crap up enough to actually read it?

Most photo editors just have a standard "sharpen" tool.

I found this online site, though I'm not sure how sensitive that file is or if it's got your private info on it, but check this out https://raw.pics.io/sharp-image.

Also, I don't know if you're trying to make the text readable or if you just want the whole thing to look a bit crisper...

There’s this one bit of software from CSI that can pretty much pull anything legible out of those grainy, blurry security camera feeds

Maybe it's just a photo, or maybe you could run a snippet of text through some OCR

CSI.. ha ha 🙂

They’re out there reading license plates on Mount Rainier... 🙂

I remember when you could just use some tiny little app for this, but now everyone’s stuck paying for heavy software. I don't even know if these free tools are any good anymore...

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shadowfox57 said:Got some shots of docs where the text is all blurry. Any way to sharpen this crap up enough to actually read it?

Software solutions essentially rely on a massive database of character shapes to pull recognition from the noise.
There is no magic involved...
Could you upload or send over a sample—something non-sensitive? Some OCR tools perform quite reliably, much like what Michelle Bennett5 mentioned earlier.