Photo Scan Alternatives

Photo Scan is described as 'Lets you extract text from Images or Photos very easily and efficiently!' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Photo Scan for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android and Mac apps. The best Photo Scan alternative is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Photo Scan are Adobe Acrobat DC, GImageReader, ABBYY FineReader PDF and Tesseract.

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Photo Scan alternatives are mainly Document Scanners but may also be Image Scanners or OCR Engines.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Photo Scan.
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Photo Scan lets you extract text from Images or Photos very easily and efficiently!

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Photo Scan alternatives page was last updated Sep 19, 2024
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  1. Notebloc icon
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    Notebloc

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    Document scanner app. Free. Save and share as PDF or JPG.

    105 Notebloc alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Cloud Sync
    2.  Scan to PDF
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Export to PDF
    5.  OCR
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Scanner
    8.  Document Sharing
    9.  Create PDF files
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  2. OCR Text Recognition Tool icon
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    OCR Text Recognition Tool

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    Provides accurate and fast text detection from any image file downloaded from your device or taken with a snapshot. It also supports textual detection of a PDF and text-based handwriting detection and text translation in 114 different languages.

    48 OCR Text Recognition Tool alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    OCR Text Recognition Tool Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Convert PDF to Text
    3.  Screenshot OCR
    4.  Image to text
    5.  Jpg to text
    6.  PDF OCR
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  4. GOCR icon
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    GOCR

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    GOCR is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program, developed under the GNU Public License. It converts scanned images of text back to text files. Joerg Schulenburg started the program, and now leads a team of developers.

    52 GOCR alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    GOCR Features

    1.  OCR
    Options window
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    Adobe Acrobat DC

    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perf...

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  6. Readiris icon
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    Readiris

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    PDF and OCR publishing software (optical character recognition) for MAC & WINDOWS. Do you dream of an intelligent PDF and OCR solution to intuitively manage your documents? You've found it.

    63 Readiris alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Readiris Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image recognition
    3.  Convert PDF to Word document
    4.  Convert PDF to Excel document
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  7. vFlat icon
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    vFlat

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    vFlat scans your books quickly and beautifully, flattening the curved pages with the help of deep learning.

    50 vFlat alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    vFlat Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Mobile Scanner
    3.  Create PDF files
    4.  Color correction
    5.  Import PDF
    6.  Document Sharing
    7.  Import Images
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  8. VietOCR icon
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    VietOCR

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    A Java/.NET GUI frontend for Tesseract OCR engine. Provides optical character recognition for Vietnamese and other languages supported by Tesseract.

    70 VietOCR alternatives
    VietOCR.NET on Windows 10 (Version 6.14.0 of 16 November 2024 runs on Tesseract 5.5.0)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Windows 7 GUI

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Built-in viewer
    3.  Combine PDF
    4.  Multiple languages
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  10. ClearScanner icon
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    ClearScanner

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    Scan documents easily using your mobile camera.

    49 ClearScanner alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    ClearScanner Features

    1.  Built-in viewer
    2.  OCR
    3.  Mobile Scanner
    4.  Image Processing
    5.  Scan to PDF
    6.  Scan to JPEG
    7.  JPG to PDF Conversion
    8.  Smart auto-align
    9.  Scanner
    10.  Support for Batch Mode
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  11. SimpleOCR icon
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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.

    83 SimpleOCR alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SimpleOCR Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image Processing
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  12. Pocket Scanner icon
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    Pocket Scanner

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    Pocket Scanner Ultimate is the stand-alone version of Kdan’s Pocket Scanner series. Search “Pocket Scanner Cloud” in the App Store and try out the app & cloud services for free!

    108 Pocket Scanner alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Pocket Scanner Features

    1.  Cloud Sync
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  Mobile Scanner
    4.  Document structure management
    5.  Optimized for Mobile
    6.  Scan to JPEG
    7.  Scanner
    8.  Scan to PDF
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  13. Docus icon
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    Docus

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    The app that allows scanning and organizing documents. Including export in PDF and sharing with others. Completely free.

    43 Docus alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    Docus Features

    1.  Mobile Scanner
    2.  Scanner
    3.  Scan to PDF
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  14. ABBYY TextGrabber icon
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    ABBYY TextGrabber

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    ABBYY TextGrabber easily and quickly digitizes fragments of printed text and turns the recognized result into action: call, email, follow links, find on maps, translate into 100+ languages, edit, voice over and share in any convenient way.

    102 ABBYY TextGrabber alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  OCR
    3.  Multiple languages
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  15. Text Fairy icon
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    Text Fairy

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    Convert your phone into a mobile text scanner.

    • Free • Extract text from images. • Edit, share, or export as PDF • Works offline to protect your privacy. • Reads text out loud. (Text-to-speech, TTS) • Recognizes printed text from more than 110 languages. • Scan documents with t.

    47 Text Fairy alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Mobile Scanner
    2.  OCR
    3.  Text to Speech
    4.  Scan to PDF
    5.  Multiple languages
    6.  Screenshot OCR
    Discontinued

    Last version and commit is from Nov 2020.

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