Microsoft Lens AlternativesOnly apps categorised as OCR Engines

The best OCR Engine alternative to Microsoft Lens is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Lens and four of them are OCR Engines so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting OCR Engine alternatives to Microsoft Lens are Adobe Scan, dpScreenOCR and SimpleOCR.

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Microsoft Lens alternatives are mainly OCR Engines, but if you're looking for Document Scanners or Image Scanners you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Mac, Open Source, Android + Open Source, iPhone, Android and Scan documents. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Lens.
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  1. OSS Document Scanner icon

    OSS Document Scanner

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    The OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner.

    93 OSS Document Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
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  2. Adobe Scan icon

    Adobe Scan

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    The Adobe Scan scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple file formats including PDF and JPEG.

    134 Adobe Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Adobe Scan

    The Adobe Scan scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple file formats including PDF and JPEG.

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    SimpleOCR

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    SimpleOCR is the popular freeware OCR software with hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. SimpleOCR is also a royalty-free OCR SDK for developers to use in their custom applications.

    86 SimpleOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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