PDF to Text Alternatives

PDF to Text is described as 'Is used to quickly convert PDF documents to plain text files in batch mode. It works without Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and has Command Line Interface (CLI), fast and accurate conversion ability, friendly GUI, small size' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to PDF to Text for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, iPhone and Linux apps. The best PDF to Text alternative is ABBYY FineReader PDF. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Online Convert or CopyFish. Other great apps like PDF to Text are Tabula, FreeOCR, (a9t9) Free OCR Software and Online2PDF.com.

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  1. ABBYY FineReader PDF icon

    ABBYY FineReader PDF

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    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and includes PDF editing tools.

    85 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    ABBYY FineReader PDF screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Convert PDF to Word document
    3.  Side-by-Side Comparison
    4.  PDF annotation
    5.  Sign PDF files
    6.  Edit PDF
    7.  Image to text
    8.  Convert PDF to image
    9.  Create PDF files
    10.  PDF OCR
    11.  Convert images to PDF
    12.  Split and merge PDF files

    ABBYY FineReader PDF VS PDF to Text

     

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to PDF to Text.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular commercial alternative to PDF to Text.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and ProprietaryPDF to Text is also Paid and Proprietary
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is LightweightPDF to Text is not according to our users
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    Online Convert

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    Convert files like images, videos, documents, audio and more to other formats with this free and fast online converter.

    149 Online Convert alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Top Online Convert Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ebook Conversion
    4.  PDF OCR
    5.  Convert PDF to image
    6. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    7.  Convert Videos to Animated GIFs
    8.  Convert PDF to Text
    9.  Convert PDF to Word document
    10.  Convert Word documents to PDF
    11.  Online Converter

    Online Convert VS PDF to Text

     

    • Online Convert is the most popular Web-based, Android & Android Tablet alternative to PDF to Text.

    • Online Convert is the most popular free alternative to PDF to Text.

    • Online Convert is Freemium and ProprietaryPDF to Text is Paid and Proprietary
  4. CopyFish icon

    CopyFish

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    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    75 CopyFish alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Copy text from images, PDF and Youtube videos

    CopyFish Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  No registration required
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Screenshot OCR
    5.  Scanner
    6.  Scan to word
    7.  Text Translation
    8.  Scan to PDF
    9.  Process scanning
    10.  Image to text

    CopyFish VS PDF to Text

     

    • CopyFish is the most popular Linux alternative to PDF to Text.

    • CopyFish is the most popular Open Source alternative to PDF to Text.

    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourcePDF to Text is Paid and Proprietary
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    Tipard PDF to Word Converter

    Tipard PDF to Word Converter is professional converting software, which can help you convert PDF to Word/RTF file. Then you can enjoy it with Microsoft Office software. And this PDF to Word Converter supports Microsoft Office 201...

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  6. Tabula icon

    Tabula

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    Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files. Extract tables from PDFs.

    18 Tabula alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Home screen. Import PDF documents, or view previously imported PDF documents.
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.2.1) is from June 2018.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Convert PDF to Excel document
    3.  Tables
    4.  Convert PDF to Text

    Tabula VS PDF to Text

     
  7. FreeOCR icon

    FreeOCR

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    FreeOCR is a scan & OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine, also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer, and it is very simple to use.

    86 FreeOCR alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FreeOCR screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    For 7 years the app has no updates. Latest release: March 2015 v5.4

    FreeOCR Features

    1.  OCR
    2. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Image Processing

    FreeOCR VS PDF to Text

     
  8. (a9t9) Free OCR Software icon

    (a9t9) Free OCR Software

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    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.

    74 (a9t9) Free OCR Software alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    Screenshot of the ocr software

    (a9t9) Free OCR Software Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  PDF OCR
    3.  Convert PDF to Word document

    (a9t9) Free OCR Software VS PDF to Text

     
  10. Online2PDF.com icon

    Online2PDF.com

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    Online PDF Converter - Create, edit and merge PDF - Unlock PDF and remove protection - Free - Convert your files to PDF or use one of many other useful PDF tools - fast and easily. You can edit and rotate PDF pages individually or as a whole.

    140 Online2PDF.com alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Main

    Online2PDF.com Features

    1.  Combine PDF
    2.  Edit PDF
    3.  Convert Word documents to PDF

    Online2PDF.com VS PDF to Text

     
  11. OwlOCR icon

    OwlOCR

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    OwlOCR offers simple optical character recognition of text in PDF files, images or on-screen and converts that to plain text.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    OwlOCR screenshot 1

    OwlOCR Features

    1.  OCR

    OwlOCR VS PDF to Text

     
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    CometDocs

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    Free online conversion service. Possible to determine unknown file format too.

    Thats a pretty catchy selling point in itself—you can convert PDFs to Excel files, huge TIFF images to PDF, icon files into images, and the site even does a little OCR work on certain image-to-text co.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    CometDocs screenshot 1

    CometDocs Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Online Converter
    3.  Image to text
    4.  Convert PDF to Text
    5.  Convert PDF to Excel document
    6.  Convert PDF to Word document
    7.  Convert PDF to HTML
    8.  Convert PDF to image
    9.  Convert Word documents to PDF

    CometDocs VS PDF to Text

     
  13. Online OCR icon

    Online OCR

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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Online OCR screenshot 1

    Online OCR Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Image to text
    3.  Convert PDF to Word document

    Online OCR VS PDF to Text

     
  14. OCR Text Recognition Tool icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    OCR Text Recognition Tool screenshot 1

    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

    OCR Text Recognition Tool VS PDF to Text

     
  15. Xpdf icon

    Xpdf

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    Xpdf is a free PDF viewer and toolkit, including a text extractor, image converter, HTML converter, and more. Most of the tools are available as open source.

    61 Xpdf alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Xpdf screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Convert PDF to HTML
    2.  Convert PDF to image
    3.  Convert PDF to Text

    Xpdf VS PDF to Text

     
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