CamScanner Alternatives for Windows
CamScanner is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is GImageReader, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CamScanner and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to CamScanner are Tesseract, Snagit, Crow Translate and Capture2text.
CamScanner alternatives are mainly Document Scanners but may also be Screenshot Capture Tools or Image Scanners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CamScanner.- Freemium • Proprietary
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GImageReader
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
63 alternatives to GImageReader- Windows
- Linux
gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.
GImageReader Features
Tesseract
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
66 alternatives to Tesseract- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.
Tesseract Features
Snagit
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Screen Casting Tool
176 alternatives to Snagit- Mac
- Windows
The ultimate screen capture tool. With Snagit’s capture, edit, organize and share technology… it’s easy to create engaging visuals that grab attention and keep it. Let images do the talking for you.
Snagit Features
Crow Translate
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Translator
69 alternatives to Crow Translate- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Crow 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.
Crow Translate Features
Capture2text
Is this a good alternative?YesNo41 alternatives to Capture2text- Free • Open Source
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Windows
Capture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a keyboard shortcut.
Capture2text Features
ABBYY Screenshot Reader
Is this a good alternative?YesNo48 alternatives to ABBYY Screenshot Reader- Paid • Proprietary
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Windows
Screenshot Reader is a smart OCR-screenshot application for capturing text and images from any area on your PC screen and extracting text from them or just saving as an image. Prize: 9.99 USD.
ABBYY Screenshot Reader Features
FreeOCR 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.
FreeOCR Features
DiscontinuedFor 7 years the app has no updates. Latest release: March 2015 v5.4
Text Grab
Is this a good alternative?YesNo47 alternatives to Text Grab- Free • Open Source
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Windows
Text Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.
Text Grab Features
NormCap
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Screenshot Capture Tool
42 alternatives to NormCap- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images.
NormCap Features
dpScreenOCR
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Document Scanner
- Screenshot Capture Tool
32 alternatives to dpScreenOCR- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Program to recognize text on screen.
dpScreenOCR Features