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.

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CamScanner

Freemium • Proprietary
Document Scanner

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CamScanner turns your phone into a portable scanner. Archive all your paper documents, receipts, notes, whiteboard...

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GImageReader
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
63 alternatives to GImageReader
gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.
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GImageReader Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Image to text
PDF OCR
Tesseract
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
66 alternatives to Tesseract
Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.
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Tesseract Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Snagit
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Paid • Proprietary
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Casting Tool
Mac
Windows
176 alternatives to Snagit
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.
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Snagit Features
1. Full-page ScreenshotSnagit can capture complete (scrolling) web pages from your web browser.
2. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
3. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
4. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
Edit screenshots
Upload directly to Dropbox
Multiple languages
Freeform capture
Upload directly to YouTube
Crow Translate
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Free • Open Source
Translator
Windows
Linux
Flathub
69 alternatives to Crow Translate
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.
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Crow Translate Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Online translation
Real-time translation
Sits in the System Tray
Capture2text
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Windows
41 alternatives to Capture2text
Capture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a keyboard shortcut.
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Capture2text Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
2. PortableCapture2text can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Built-in Screen Capture
Global hotkey
Screenshot OCR
ABBYY Screenshot Reader
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Paid • Proprietary
Screenshot Capture Tool
Windows
48 alternatives to ABBYY Screenshot Reader
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.
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ABBYY Screenshot Reader Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Screenshot OCR
Multiple languages
FreeOCR
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
71 alternatives to FreeOCR
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.
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FreeOCR Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Google Drive integration
PDF OCR
Image Processing
Discontinued
For 7 years the app has no updates. Latest release: March 2015 v5.4
Text Grab
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Windows
47 alternatives to Text Grab
Text 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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Text Grab Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Screenshot OCR
NormCap
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
42 alternatives to NormCap
OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images.
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NormCap Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
2. Support for Multiple MonitorsNormCap supports the use of multiple displays.
3. PortableNormCap can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Cross-Platform
Screenshot OCR
High-dpi support
Image to text
dpScreenOCR
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Free • Open Source
Document Scanner
Screenshot Capture Tool
Windows
Linux
BSD
32 alternatives to dpScreenOCR
Program to recognize text on screen.
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dpScreenOCR Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
2. LightweightdpScreenOCR consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Works OfflinedpScreenOCR can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Screenshot OCR