Let’s find out….
The above image contains a made-up word that currently has no results in Google’s SERPS.
The alt text, filename, title etc. are all free of the word.
So let’s get it indexed and see what happens…
Six Weeks Later…..
Just browsed past this post and remembered I was supposed to check if Google had indexed the word that shall not be mentioned in the text. And here are the results….

The Verdict
So, can google read text in images?
The answer is a resounding ‘yes‘!