GOCR AlternativesOCR Engines and other similar apps like GOCR

GOCR is described as 'OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program, developed under the GNU Public License. It converts scanned images of text back to text files. Joerg Schulenburg started the program, and now leads a team of developers' and is a OCR Engine in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GOCR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, iPhone and Linux apps. The best GOCR alternative is Tesseract, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GOCR are Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader PDF, OCRmyPDF and CopyFish.

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  1. Tesseract icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Tesseract is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GOCR.

    • Tesseract is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GOCR.

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceGOCR is also Free and Open Source
  2. Adobe Acrobat DC icon
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    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    303 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular Web-based alternative to GOCR.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular commercial alternative to GOCR.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is Paid and ProprietaryGOCR is Free and Open Source
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    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and includes PDF editing tools.

    88 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to GOCR.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and ProprietaryGOCR is Free and Open Source
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is LightweightGOCR is not according to our users
  4. OCRmyPDF icon
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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
     
  5. FreeOCR icon
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    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.

    87 FreeOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Photo Scan icon
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    Photo Scan lets you extract text from Images or Photos very easily and efficiently!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
     
  7. Chandra icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  8. Online OCR icon
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    Free Online OCR is a software that allows you to convert scanned PDF and images into editable Word, Text, Excel output formats.

    86 Online OCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Nanonets icon
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    Nanonets is an LLM based OCR solution that that automates document processing and data extraction workflows. With models that do not rely on pre-defined document templates, Nanonets helps companies automate document-heavy business processes like accounts payable, order...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Nanonets is the most popular SaaS alternative to GOCR.

    • Nanonets is Freemium and ProprietaryGOCR is Free and Open Source
    • Nanonets is Privacy focusedGOCR is not according to our users
  10. MinerU icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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