JOCR Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to JOCR for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Greenshot, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to JOCR and 12 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to JOCR are NormCap, Capture2text, dpScreenOCR and ABBYY Screenshot Reader.

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  1. Greenshot icon
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    Lightweight screenshot tool offering OCR, exports to Office apps and online storage, integration with external commands, supporting 32 languages and minimal space requirement.

    225 Greenshot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Capture2text icon
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    Capture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a keyboard shortcut.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. HotShots icon
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    Hotshots is a screenshot tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. SysExporter icon
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    SysExporter utility allows you to grab the data stored in standard list-views, tree-views, list boxes, combo boxes, text-boxes, and WebBrowser/HTML controls from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) is a Microsoft Office application that supports editing documents scanned by Microsoft Office Document Scanning. It was first introduced in Microsoft Office XP and is included in later Office versions including Office 2007.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. You can use Easy Screen OCR to capture a snapshot and start OCR process. this program will detect the text from the image and start OCR process immediately. You can extract the text to copy and paste in seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  7. Screen OCR icon
     3 likes

    Screen OCR is a screen capture and character recognition tool. You can use Screen OCR in any way you are most comfortable with. It can be window selection, scrolling capture, simple cursor capture or rectangular selection.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8.  3 likes

    Kleptomania lets you select text anywhere on the screen, including areas that you cannot highlight with your mouse, such as columns of data from a word processor or error messages from any Windows program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Boxoft Screen OCR is fast and easy-to-use software which helps to extract any area on your screen, recognize every character and then save as TXT file. Price: 27 USD. The smart tool enables you to select text from anywhere on the screen, including areas that you cannot highlight...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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