Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.
Tesseract is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CamScanner.
- Tesseract is Free and Open Source
Free CamScanner Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to CamScanner for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Tesseract, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to CamScanner and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to CamScanner are GImageReader, NormCap, Crow Translate and Capture2text.
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CamScanner alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or OCR Engines you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android + Open Source, Windows, Android, Android + Free, Scan documents and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CamScanner.
Alternatives list
- 24 Tesseract alternatives
78 Crow Translate alternativesCrow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator programmed in C++ / Qt that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing translate API.
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59 Capture2text alternativesCapture2Text 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
+9
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
87 FreeOCR alternativesFreeOCR is a scan & OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine, also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer, and it is very simple to use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
62 Text Grab alternativesText Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.
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93 Photo Scan alternativesPhoto Scan lets you extract text from Images or Photos very easily and efficiently!
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Phone
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74 (a9t9) Free OCR Software alternativesOCR software and web service to extract text from image files and PDF. The application is available as online OCR web app, OCR API, or simple to install Windows store application.
21 Docutain & Docutain SDK alternativesDocutain is a secure document management system with integrated document and QR-Code scanner. Moreover, the main functionalities scanning, ORC and data extraction are offered as separate B2B product "Docutain SDK".
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Comments about Docutain & Docutain SDK as an Alternative to CamScanner
- Docutain & Docutain SDK is Free and Proprietary
- Docutain & Docutain SDK is Lightweight and Privacy focused
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
Switzerland
Ukraine
United States
India
Germany
EU
The document management functions are very good.