Open Scanner Alternatives

Open Scanner is described as 'Fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow:' and is a document scanner in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Open Scanner for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and iPad apps. The best Open Scanner alternative is FairScan, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Open Scanner are OSS Document Scanner, NAPS2, MakeACopy and Tesseract.

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  1. PDF Doc Scan icon
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    Main point of this app is to scan or select existing PDF documents simply using intent or chooser. Other apps require payment to access their api/sdk or simply don't have a possible way to do it. So they rely on switching between an app ,file chooser and a scanner.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  2. OCR software and web service to extract text from image files and PDF. The application is available as online OCR web app, OCR API, or simple to install Windows store application.

    82 (a9t9) Free OCR Software alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
     
  3. Google Stack icon
     1 like

    Get rid of paper clutter with Stack. Stack is a PDF scanner, document organizer, and detail finder. All in one.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. fileee icon
     5 likes

    With fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in...

    72 fileee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. TextShot icon
     1 like

    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Scandroid icon
     1 like

    Easily digitize your paperwork with Scandroid! Built natively for Android, independent document scanner designed from the ground up with simplicity and your privacy in mind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. Vizion icon
     Like

    Never get annoyed by unselectable text on websites, PDFs, images or system user interfaces again. Just select the region of your screen in the same manner as you would take a screenshot and find all recognized text in your clipboard ready to get pasted anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. 💥 Capture and share your ideas quickly and easily with Screenie - the ultimate screenshot tool for designers, developers, and anyone who needs to share information efficiently. Simply take a snap, annotate it, and copy it to the clipboard in seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Online OCR icon
     19 likes

    Free Online OCR is a software that allows you to convert scanned PDF and images into editable Word, Text, Excel output formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Zettelrobbe icon
     3 likes

    Next-generation fork of Paperless-AI for Paperless-ngx: reliable AI tagging plus real OCR using AI (Mistral or local vision models, multi-page PDFs), failed/ignored document queues, one-click rescan history, MFA, guided setup, and richer custom fields.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  11. OwlOCR icon
     5 likes

    OwlOCR 7 is a macOS OCR app for text you can see but cannot select. Capture a screen region, open an image or PDF, paste supported content, or import a photo or scan from an iPhone or iPad. Apple Vision performs fast on-device recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. MinerU icon
     1 like

    Free all-in-one document parsing tool. Accurate parsing, efficient extraction, providing a more fluent and accurate parsing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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