The best way to convert image to text on my computer?

When setting up free offline OCR solutions on Windows 10 for accurate batch image to text conversion (especially with English and German, and aiming to preserve tables), there are several common pitfalls and errors to watch out for:

1.Issue: Poor quality, skewed, or noisy images lead to low OCR accuracy.
   Solution: Always pre-process images:
   Deskew images using tools like ImageMegick.
   Enhance contrast and brightness.
   Denoise images.

2. Issue: Not installing or specifying the correct language packs (deu, eng) results in poor recognition.
    Solution: About image to text, ensure you download and install the correct language data files for Tesseract or OCRmyPDF.

3. Issue: Not including both eng and deu in the OCR command can limit recognition.
    Solution: Use -l eng+deu (or --language eng+deu) to recognize both languages simultaneously.