JOCR AlternativesScreenshot Capture Tools and other similar apps like JOCR

JOCR is described as 'Apparently JOCR requires Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 and won't work with Office 2010 (unless you also have an older version and do some tweaking). [1]' and is a screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to JOCR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone and Mac apps. The best JOCR alternative is Greenshot, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JOCR are Google Lens, Spectacle, NormCap and Capture2text.

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  1. Greenshot icon
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    Lightweight screenshot tool offering OCR, exports to Office apps and online storage, integration with external commands, supporting 32 languages and minimal space requirement.

    209 Greenshot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Greenshot is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to JOCR.

    • Greenshot is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to JOCR.

    • Greenshot is Freemium and Open SourceJOCR is Free and Proprietary
    • Greenshot is Lightweight and CustomizableJOCR is not according to our users
  2. Google Lens icon
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    Google Lens lets you search what you see, get things done faster, and understand the world around you—using just your camera or a photo.

    34 Google Lens alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Google Lens is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to JOCR.

    • Google Lens is Free and ProprietaryJOCR is also Free and Proprietary
  3. Spectacle icon
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    Spectacle is a simple application for capturing desktop screenshots. It can capture images of the entire desktop, a single monitor, the currently active window, the window currently under the mouse, or a rectangular region of the screen.

    195 Spectacle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
     
    • Spectacle is the most popular Linux alternative to JOCR.

    • Spectacle is Free and Open SourceJOCR is Free and Proprietary
    • Spectacle is Lightweight and Privacy focusedJOCR is not according to our users
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    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.

    62 ABBYY Screenshot Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • ABBYY Screenshot Reader is the most popular commercial alternative to JOCR.

    • ABBYY Screenshot Reader is Paid and ProprietaryJOCR is Free and Proprietary
  5. HotShots icon
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    Hotshots is a screenshot tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. FlyScreen icon
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    FlyScreen is a powerful screenshot manager for iOS. Search your screenshots, copy text and links, organize by tags, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. SysExporter icon
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    SysExporter utility allows you to grab the data stored in standard list-views, tree-views, list boxes, combo boxes, text-boxes, and WebBrowser/HTML controls from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) is a Microsoft Office application that supports editing documents scanned by Microsoft Office Document Scanning. It was first introduced in Microsoft Office XP and is included in later Office versions including Office 2007.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. WatchOCR icon
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    WatchOCR is an open source OCR server that creates searchable pdfs from images in a watched folder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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