PDF OCR Alternatives

PDF OCR is described as 'Software that converts scanned PDF documents into editable text files in just two clicks. Its OCR engine operates 92% faster than other software, giving users the option to select specific pages for OCR' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PDF OCR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best PDF OCR alternative is Adobe Acrobat DC. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GImageReader or Tesseract. Other great apps like PDF OCR are ABBYY FineReader PDF, CamScanner, OpenScan and CopyFish.

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PDF OCR alternatives are mainly Document Scanners but may also be OCR Engines or Image Scanners.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PDF OCR.
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PDF OCR is a software that converts scanned PDF documents into editable text files in just two clicks. Its OCR engine operates 92% faster than other software, giving users the option to select specific pages for OCR.

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PDF OCR alternatives page was last updated May 27, 2024
  1. Prizmo icon
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    Prizmo 3 is a scanning application with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in 25 languages with powerful editing capabilities, text-to-speech, iCloud support, and translation into 59 languages.

    55 Prizmo alternatives
    Perspective Correction

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone

    Prizmo Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  Sync with iCloud
    4.  Sync with Google Drive
    5.  Sync with Dropbox
    6.  Evernote integration
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  2. Kofax Omnipage icon
     11 likes

    Kofax OmniPage offers industry-leading optical character recognition (OCR) for fast, easy accurate document conversion. Instantly turn paper and digital documents into files you can edit, search and share securely.

    63 Kofax Omnipage alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Kofax Omnipage Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    Kofax Omnipage iconPDF OCR Icon

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  3. PDFify icon
     2 likes

    PDF creation with text recognition and scanner support. Features email and webpage import to PDF. Reduce file size by optimizing PDF.

    141 PDFify alternatives
    PDFify screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone

    PDFify Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Scanner
    3.  JPG to PDF Conversion
    4.  Create PDF files
    PDFify iconPDF OCR Icon

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  4. i2OCR icon
     7 likes

    i2OCR is a free online OCR that converts scanned documents, faxes, or screenshots into editable text. i2OCR recognizes multi-column documents written in 30+ languages, supports several input image formats, which can be loaded from disk or URL, displays recognized text as well as...

    58 i2OCR alternatives
    i2OCR in Action

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    i2OCR Features

    1.  OCR
    i2OCR iconPDF OCR Icon

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  5. Geekersoft OCR Word Recognition  icon
     2 likes

    An intelligent OCR image text recognition software. Support PDF file recognition, image text recognition, screenshot recognition, ticket recognition, image to Excel and other functions, one-click analysis, efficient recognition.

    44 Geekersoft OCR Word Recognition alternatives
    Geeekersoft OCR 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Geekersoft OCR Word Recognition Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  PDF OCR
    Geekersoft OCR Word Recognition  iconPDF OCR Icon

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  6. OCRopus icon
     5 likes

    OCRopus(tm) is a state-of-the-art document analysis and OCR system, featuring pluggable layout analysis, pluggable character recognition, statistical natural language modeling, and multilingual capabilities.

    54 OCRopus alternatives
    Main Interface

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    OCRopus Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image Processing
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 16 Dec 2017

    OCRopus iconPDF OCR Icon

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  7. NewOCR.com icon
     4 likes

    NewOCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service, can analyze the text in any image file that you upload, and then convert the text from the image into text that you can easily edit on your computer..

    74 NewOCR.com alternatives
    NewOCR.com screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    NewOCR.com Features

    1.  OCR
    NewOCR.com iconPDF OCR Icon

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  8. PlumText icon
     1 like

    PlumText converts images and scanned PDF documents into a searchable text database.

    10 PlumText alternatives
    PlumText screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PlumText Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Convert PDF to Text
    5.  Image to text
    PlumText iconPDF OCR Icon

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  9. Free-OCR.com icon
     5 likes

    Free-OCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool. You can use this service to extract text from any image you supply.

    79 Free-OCR.com alternatives
    Free-OCR.com screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Free-OCR.com Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image to text
    Free-OCR.com iconPDF OCR Icon

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  10. DevTools360 icon
     1 like

    The swiss knife for your daily use, this website was developed to deliver one source for the most used tools and data conversions.

    78 DevTools360 alternatives
    DevTools360 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    DevTools360 Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  JSON Parser
    3.  XML to JSON
    DevTools360 iconPDF OCR Icon

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    • DevTools360 is the most popular SaaS alternative to PDF OCR.

    • DevTools360 is Free and ProprietaryPDF OCR is Paid and Proprietary
  11. WatchOCR icon
     3 likes

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

    78 WatchOCR alternatives
    Web Interface Server Control

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    WatchOCR Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Convert images to PDF
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Image to text
    WatchOCR iconPDF OCR Icon

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  12. YAGF icon
     2 likes

    YAGF, Yet Another Graphical Front-end for CuneiForm, is a graphical interface for CuneiForm and Tesseract text recognition tools on the Linux platform.

    59 YAGF alternatives
    YAGF screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    YAGF Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image Processing
    YAGF iconPDF OCR Icon

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