OCR Tools

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ShareX
761 likes
Free and open-source tool for screen capture and recording; enables file uploads, annotation, dark mode, 4K support, and customizable themes.
Screenshot Capture Tool
Free • Open Source
Windows
PortableApps.com
Steam
License model
Free • Open Source
Application types
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
PortableApps.com
Steam
+29
Properties
Lightweight
Features
Ad-free
Screenshot OCR
Capture Video
Edit screenshots
Built-in Image editor
Works Offline
No registration required
OCR
Portable
Upload Screenshot
Dark Mode
No Tracking
Best alternatives are OBS StudioandFlameshot243 alternatives
Evernote
2480 likes
Cross-platform app for creating and organizing notes from text, web pages, images, and voice memos. Offers security features and integrates with various tools.
Note-taking Tool
Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
Blackberry
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
iPad
Apple Watch
Kindle Fire
License model
Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Todo List Manager
Country of Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
Blackberry
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
iPad
Apple Watch
Kindle Fire
+2
Top Evernote Features
Cloud Sync
Text formatting
Works Offline
Hyperlinks
Folders
OCR
Dark Mode
Handwritten Notes
Support for MarkDown
Calendar Integration
IFTTT Integration
Web Clipper
Best alternatives are JoplinandMicrosoft OneNote68 alternatives
Greenshot
712 likes
Efficient screenshot tool providing OCR, exports to Office apps, supports image editing and sharing, occupying minimal space with 32 languages.
Screenshot Capture Tool
Freemium • Open Source
Mac
Windows
License model
Freemium • Open Source
Application types
Screenshot Capture Tool
Image Editor
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
+10
Properties
Lightweight
Features
Image Annotations
Usability
Annotate Screenshot
Ad-free
No registration required
GPLv3
Edit screenshots
Works Offline
Portable
Full-page Screenshot
Upload Screenshot
OCR
Best alternatives are ShareXandFlameshot202 alternatives
PDF-XChange Editor
165 likes
An efficient PDF viewer and editor with advanced features like direct content editing, OCR by ABBYY, form filling, annotation, and offline access.
PDF Editor
Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
PortableApps.com
Wine
License model
Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
PDF Editor
PDF Reader
Country of Origin
Canada
Platforms
Windows
PortableApps.com
Wine
+3
Properties
Lightweight
Features
PDF annotation
PDF OCR
Add/remove pages
Edit PDF
Portable
Split PDF files
Stamps
OCR
No registration required
Dark Mode
Combine PDF
Works Offline
Best alternatives are PDF ArrangerandPDFgear139 alternatives
OSS Document Scanner
47 likes
The OSS Document Scanner is an Open Source app to scan all your documents. You either scan using your camera or by importing an image. The app will automatically detect you document within the photo and will crop the image.
Document Scanner
Free • Open Source
Android
iPhone
F-Droid
License model
Free • Open Source
Application types
Document Scanner
OCR Engine
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Android
iPhone
F-Droid
+1
Properties
Lightweight
Privacy focused
Features
Export to PDF
Works Offline
Mobile Scanner
No registration required
Ad-free
Built-in viewer
OCR
Dark Mode
Screenshot OCR
WebDAV Sync
Image to text
Best alternatives are TesseractandGoogle Lens63 alternatives
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
View, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs, utilize cloud storage and freehand tools. Upgrade for editing and converting to other formats.

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NAPS2
166 likes
NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
Document Scanner
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
License model
Free • Open Source
Application types
Document Scanner
Image Scanner
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+5
Properties
Lightweight
Features
Scan to PDF
OCR
Multiple Profiles
Split and merge PDF files
Export to PDF
Ad-free
Portable
Built-in viewer
No registration required
Works Offline
Dark Mode
Combine PDF
Best alternatives are ABBYY FineReader PDF48 alternatives
Stirling-PDF
35 likes
locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.
PDF Editor
Freemium • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Online
Self-Hosted
Docker Hub
License model
Freemium • Open Source
Application types
PDF Editor
PDF Reader
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Online
Self-Hosted
Docker Hub
+1
Top Stirling-PDF Features
Combine PDF
No registration required
PDF compression
Ad-free
PDF annotation
Works Offline
Split PDF files
No Tracking
Dark Mode
Support for Docker
PDF OCR
Best alternatives are PDF Arranger55 alternatives
PDFgear
44 likes
Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.
PDF Editor
Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
License model
Free • Proprietary
Application types
PDF Editor
PDF Reader
Country of Origin
Singapore
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
+2
Properties
Lightweight
Features
Ad-free
Combine PDF
Split PDF files
No registration required
Works Offline
OCR
PDF annotation
Dark Mode
AI-Powered
Best alternatives are Foxit PDF Reader32 alternatives
Ksnip
62 likes
Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.
Screenshot Capture Tool
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
Flathub
License model
Free • Open Source
Application type
Screenshot Capture Tool
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
Flathub
+6
Properties
Lightweight
Privacy focused
Features
Image Annotations
Annotate Screenshot
Blur Filter
Edit screenshots
Ad-free
Upload directly to Imgur
Works Offline
Built-in viewer
Upload Screenshot
No registration required
Command line interface
Tabbed interface
Best alternatives are ShareXandGreenshot53 alternatives
Adobe Acrobat Reader
442 likes
View, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs, utilize cloud storage and freehand tools. Upgrade for editing and converting to other formats.
PDF Reader
Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
License model
Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
PDF Reader
PDF Printer
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
+9
Properties
Lightweight
Features
PDF annotation
Edit PDF
Fill PDF Forms
Document Annotations
Create PDF files
Dark Mode
Combine PDF
Sign PDF files
Multi-tabs
OCR
PDF compression
No registration required
Best alternatives are SumatraPDF105 alternatives
Snipping Tool
229 likes
Snipping Tool is a screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos.
Screenshot Capture Tool
Free • Proprietary
Windows
License model
Free • Proprietary
Application types
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
+3
Properties
Lightweight
Features
Dark Mode
Annotate Screenshot
No registration required
Ad-free
OCR
Screen Sharing
Works Offline
Bundled with Windows
Best alternatives are ShareXandGreenshot144 alternatives
PDF-XChange Viewer
369 likes
PDF-XChange Viewer is an alternative viewer for PDF files that enables you to view and annotate PDF files. You can add text, sticky notes, and other annotations and save them to the file, which will be compatible with the standard Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Discontinued
PDF Reader
Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
PortableApps.com
License model
Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
PDF Reader
Country of Origin
Canada
Platforms
Windows
PortableApps.com
Discontinued
Since November 2013 the Tracker Software company states that "PDF-XChange Viewer has been discontinued and replaced by PDF-XChange Editor " , but the software has been and is still being updated from time to time as of 2020
Properties
Lightweight
Features
PDF annotation
Portable
PDF OCR
Extract annotation
OCR
Note extraction
Side-by-Side View
Multiple languages
Font identifier
Stamps
Best alternatives are SumatraPDFandOkular62 alternatives
Tesseract
106 likes
Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.
OCR Engine
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
License model
Free • Open Source
Application type
OCR Engine
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Tesseract Features
OCR
Best alternatives are OSS Document Scanner19 alternatives
Snagit
199 likes
Capture and edit any image or video from the screen, add callouts and effects, and easily organize and share visual content across various applications.
Screenshot Capture Tool
Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
License model
Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
+1
Top Snagit Features
Full-page Screenshot
Edit screenshots
Upload Screenshot
Ad-free
No registration required
No Tracking
Annotate Screenshot
Works Offline
OCR
Dark Mode
Upload directly to YouTube
Auto Scrolling
Best alternatives are ShareXandGreenshot193 alternatives
ABBYY FineReader PDF
141 likes
OCR software with unmatched text recognition accuracy, converting scanned documents into editable formats like Word and Excel, supporting 190 languages.
OCR Engine
Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
iPhone
iPad
License model
Paid • Proprietary
Application types
OCR Engine
PDF Editor
Country of Origin
Russia
Platforms
Mac
Windows
iPhone
iPad
+5
Properties
Lightweight
Features
OCR
Convert PDF to Word document
Side-by-Side Comparison
PDF annotation
Sign PDF files
Edit PDF
Image to text
Convert PDF to image
Create PDF files
PDF OCR
Convert images to PDF
Split and merge PDF files
Best alternatives are Tesseract85 alternatives

ShareX

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Evernote

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Greenshot

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PDF-XChange Editor

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OSS Document Scanner

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NAPS2

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Stirling-PDF

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PDFgear

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Ksnip

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Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Snipping Tool

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PDF-XChange Viewer

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