The OSS Document Scanner is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful document scanner.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- F-Droid
France
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WatchOCR Alternatives
Apps similar to WatchOCR include OSS Document Scanner, which is free and open source. Other options are Tesseract, Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader PDF and GImageReader. You're spoiled for choice with Document Scanners like WatchOCR: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, iPhone, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
- 103 OSS Document Scanner alternatives
46 Tesseract alternativesTesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
400 Adobe Acrobat DC alternativesManage 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. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
United States
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110 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternativesOptical 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.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- iPhone
- iPad
Russia
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124 GImageReader alternativesgImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to the Tesseract OCR Engine.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Switzerland
166 CamScanner alternativesYour portable scanner. Use your camera to get high quality scans of paper documents, receipts, notes and more. Anytime, anywhere.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
China
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OpenScan is an open source app that enables users to scan hardcopies of documents or notes and convert it to PDF or JPEG files. Its motto is "No ads. No data collection. We respect your privacy.".
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Norway
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Zlib)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Text Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
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78 TextSniper alternativesTextSniper is a super useful app to quickly capture unselectable text. Use it to capture and recognize text from presentations, trainings, screencasts,images, pictures, webpages, video tutorials, photos, PDFs etc. Literally from anywhere on your mac's screen.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
81 ABBYY Screenshot Reader alternativesScreenshot Reader is a smart OCR-screenshot application for capturing text and images from any area on your PC screen and extracting text from them or just saving as an image. Prize: 9.99 USD.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Russia
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