WatchOCR is an open source OCR server that creates searchable pdfs from images in a watched folder.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux

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

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