SearchOCR Alternatives

Apps similar to SearchOCR include Tesseract, which is free and open source. Other options are File Arbor, ABBYY FineReader PDF, GImageReader and CamScanner. Document Scanners like SearchOCR are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, the web, Linux and iPhone.

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  1. Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) is a Microsoft Office application that supports editing documents scanned by Microsoft Office Document Scanning. It was first introduced in Microsoft Office XP and is included in later Office versions including Office 2007.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. PlumText icon
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    PlumText converts images and scanned PDF documents into a searchable text database.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. ZoomReader icon
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    In combination with your iOS device's built-in camera, ZoomReader lets you magnify and read printed text by first taking a picture of an object like a book or menu, then converts the image into text using state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  6. Dynamsoft Document Viewer is a fast, JavaScript-based SDK for embedding high-performance document viewing & annotation into web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. PDF OCR icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. DevTools360 icon
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    The swiss knife for your daily use, this website was developed to deliver one source for the most used tools and data conversions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. 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.

    49 Geekersoft OCR Word Recognition alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Turn your paper documents into digital files. Auto-detect edges, correct perspective, enhance images, extract text with OCR, and export as PDF or images.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. Best free OCR API, Online OCR and Searchable PDF (Sandwich PDF) Service. Try instantly, no registration required. The Cloud OCR API is a REST-based Web API to extract text from images and convert scans to searchable PDF. Free OCR software as a hosted service and as download.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. OCR Convert icon
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    OCR Convert is an online OCR service that allows users to convert scanned images and PDF files to editable text formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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