Open Source ABBYY FineReader PDF AlternativesTop OCR Engines and other similar apps like ABBYY FineReader PDF

The best open source alternative to ABBYY FineReader PDF is Tesseract. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF are NAPS2, GImageReader, Paperwork and OCRmyPDF.

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  1. Tesseract icon

    Tesseract

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    Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.

    24 Tesseract alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Guest
    Negative
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    quality of OCR is very so-so. FineReader 14 also includes many PDF features

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Tesseract is a great ABBYY FineReader PDF alternative.

    • Tesseract is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ABBYY FineReader PDF.

    • Tesseract is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ABBYY FineReader PDF.

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and Proprietary
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    NAPS2

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    NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    49 NAPS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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    roshad87a9
    Negative
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    cannot convert to doc file

    Guest
    Positive
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    I tested several options--some free and some paid--and this is the best option for ease of use, install footprint, and features.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think NAPS2 is a great ABBYY FineReader PDF alternative.

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and Proprietary
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    OCRmyPDF

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    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

    19 OCRmyPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. GpScanner icon

    GpScanner

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    This document scanner application is developed for windows only. Compatible with both WIA and TWAIN. Users can Rotate, crop, rearrange scanned images and identify texts using OCR module

    Cost / License

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    • Windows
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  11. OCRopus icon

    OCRopus

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    OCRopus(tm) is a state-of-the-art document analysis and OCR system, featuring pluggable layout analysis, pluggable character recognition, statistical natural language modeling, and multilingual capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Main Interface
     
  12. EasyOCR icon

    EasyOCR

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    Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc.

    17 EasyOCR alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Chandra icon

    Chandra

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    Chandra is a highly accurate OCR model that converts images and PDFs into structured HTML/Markdown/JSON while preserving layout information.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Python
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  14. MinerU icon

    MinerU

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    Free all-in-one document parsing tool. Accurate parsing, efficient extraction, providing a more fluent and accurate parsing experience.

    17 MinerU alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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