WatchOCR Alternatives

WatchOCR is described as 'Open source OCR server that creates searchable pdfs from images in a watched folder' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WatchOCR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, Web-based and Android apps. The best WatchOCR alternative is OSS Document Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WatchOCR are Tesseract, Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader PDF and GImageReader.

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  1. 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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    You can use Easy Screen OCR to capture a snapshot and start OCR process. this program will detect the text from the image and start OCR process immediately. You can extract the text to copy and paste in seconds.

    105 Easy Screen OCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  3. 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)
     
  4. 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.

    48 ZoomReader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  5. Screen OCR icon
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    Screen OCR is a screen capture and character recognition tool. You can use Screen OCR in any way you are most comfortable with. It can be window selection, scrolling capture, simple cursor capture or rectangular selection.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Kleptomania lets you select text anywhere on the screen, including areas that you cannot highlight with your mouse, such as columns of data from a word processor or error messages from any Windows program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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.

    61 PDF OCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Boxoft Screen OCR is fast and easy-to-use software which helps to extract any area on your screen, recognize every character and then save as TXT file. Price: 27 USD. The smart tool enables you to select text from anywhere on the screen, including areas that you cannot highlight...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. 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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    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)
     
  11. Invoice OCR icon
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    Our tool simplifies your data management process by extracting data from invoices and converting them into CSV files.

    56 Invoice OCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. doXiview icon
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    doXiview is a free online ocr web site. Besides pure ocr, it is also possible to do image manipulation and pdf convertion.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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