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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, Online / Web-based, Linux and iPhone. The best alternative is Adobe Acrobat DC. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Tesseract or FreeOCR. Other great apps like ZoomReader are ABBYY FineReader PDF, Outline+, Online OCR and CopyFish.

ZoomReader alternatives are mainly PDF Editors but may also be Document Scanners or Note-taking Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ZoomReader.
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  • Free • Proprietary
  • iPhone

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  1. Adobe Acrobat DC icon

    Adobe Acrobat DC

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    271 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC 

    Make your job easier with Adobe Acrobat DC, the trusted PDF creator. Use Acrobat to convert, edit, and sign PDF files at your desk or on the go.

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    1.  Fill PDF FormsAdobe Acrobat DC supports forms in PDF files.
    2.  PDF annotationAdobe Acrobat DC support PDF Annotation for highlighting, notes etc
    3.  Sign PDF filesAdobe Acrobat DC support signing a PDF document digitally on a touch screen etc.
    4.  Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
    5.  Combine PDFCombine, merge and arrange PDF files into one document.
    6.  Split PDF filesAdobe Acrobat DC can split PDF files into multiple documents.
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  2. ABBYY FineReader PDF icon

    ABBYY FineReader PDF

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    76 alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF 

    ABBYY FineReader PDF is an OCR software that provides unmatched text recognition accuracy and conversion capabilities, virtually eliminating retyping and reformatting of documents. Up to 190 languages are supported for text recognition.

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    1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
    2.  PDF annotationABBYY FineReader PDF support PDF Annotation for highlighting, notes etc
    3.  LightweightABBYY FineReader PDF consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
    4.  Sign PDF filesABBYY FineReader PDF support signing a PDF document digitally on a touch screen etc.
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  4. Tesseract icon

    Tesseract

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    65 alternatives to Tesseract 

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

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    1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
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    • FreeOCR icon

      FreeOCR

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      • Free • Proprietary
      • Windows
      71 alternatives to FreeOCR 

      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.

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      1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
      Discontinued

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

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    • Outline+ icon

      Outline+

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      • Mac
      • iPad
      233 alternatives to Outline+ 

      Note-taking becomes intuitive again Organize your personal, work and class notes. View and edit Microsoft OneNote on iPad and Mac.

      Your OneNote companion on iPad Note-taking becomes intuitive again. Organize your personal, work and class notes. View and edit .

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      1.  Built-in viewerOutline+ shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
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    • Online OCR icon

      Online OCR

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      • Free • Proprietary
      • Online
      72 alternatives to Online OCR 

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

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      1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
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    • CopyFish icon

      CopyFish

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      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Microsoft Edge
      • Google Chrome
      • Firefox
      66 alternatives to CopyFish 

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

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      1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
      Copy text from images, PDF and Youtube videos
      Copy (OCR) text from any app on your desktop (Windows, Mac and Linux)
    • Readiris icon

      Readiris

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      • Mac
      • Windows
      37 alternatives to Readiris 

      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.

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      1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
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    • Vovsoft OCR Reader icon

      Vovsoft OCR Reader

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      50 alternatives to Vovsoft OCR Reader 

      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.

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      1.  OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
      2.  PortableVovsoft OCR Reader can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
      3.  Built-in viewerVovsoft OCR Reader shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
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      Easy Screen OCR

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      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Android
      • iPhone
      102 alternatives to Easy Screen OCR 

      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.

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