ZoomReader Alternatives

ZoomReader is described as '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' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ZoomReader for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, iPhone and Linux apps. The best ZoomReader alternative is Tesseract, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ZoomReader are Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader PDF, Outline Knowledge Organizer and CopyFish.

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  1. Tesseract icon
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    Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.

    24 Tesseract alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Tesseract is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ZoomReader.

    • Tesseract is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ZoomReader.

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceZoomReader is Free and Proprietary
  2. Adobe Acrobat DC icon
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    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. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    303 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular Web-based alternative to ZoomReader.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular commercial alternative to ZoomReader.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is Paid and ProprietaryZoomReader is Free and Proprietary
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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.

    88 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and ProprietaryZoomReader is Free and Proprietary
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is LightweightZoomReader is not according to our users
  4. CopyFish icon
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    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    84 CopyFish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  5. FreeOCR icon
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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.

    87 FreeOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Online OCR icon
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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.

    86 Online OCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Nanonets icon
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    Nanonets is an LLM based OCR solution that that automates document processing and data extraction workflows. With models that do not rely on pre-defined document templates, Nanonets helps companies automate document-heavy business processes like accounts payable, order...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Nanonets is the most popular SaaS alternative to ZoomReader.

    • Nanonets is Freemium and ProprietaryZoomReader is Free and Proprietary
    • Nanonets is Privacy focusedZoomReader is not according to our users
  8. OwlOCR icon
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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.

    103 OwlOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    OCR Reader is an image to text converter program that allows you to extract text from PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WEBP, and BMP image files using Optical Character Recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Readiris icon
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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.

    66 Readiris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • ABBYY TextGrabber is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to ZoomReader.

    • ABBYY TextGrabber is Freemium and ProprietaryZoomReader is Free and Proprietary
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