If you take your OCR scanning seriously — if it's a crucial cog in the machinery of your business — then give OmniPage Ultimate a look. It's packed with features above and beyond what you might expect, and while the price is relatively high, it still falls in the affordable bracket for most small businesses.
Put down your cash and you can convert paper documents from virtually any scanner source into just about any kind of digital file you like — and everything works super-fast too.
If you've got stacks of paper to get through, the time saved by OmniPage Ultimate can really start to add up. Known for its accuracy in conversion, this software is trusted by some of the biggest names in business — including Amazon, Ford, and GE — and lets you build up custom workflows so your documents get automatically delivered to the right place in the right format, depending on your needs. OmniPage Ultimate offers comprehensive features or you can opt for Omnipage Standard which is available for about half the price, though it doesn't include as many input, output and workflow options, but it still offers more than enough in the way of features for most users needing an OCR solution.
Abbyy has been helping companies manage documents for a long, long time now, and it shows in the latest version of the Abbyy FineReader software — it's just about as comprehensive a solution as you would want for a small businesses, though casual users might prefer something a little more lightweight. You get all the tools you need for taking paper documents from a scanner and making them fully readable, neatly organized, digitized documents.
As well as recognizing text and converting it to PDF, Microsoft Office or other formats, the program can also compare documents, add annotations and comments, and more.
If you need to convert bundles of documents in batches then FineReader can do that too. It can handle a host of output formats and different languages without breaking a sweat, and there are companion mobile apps as well if you need to do some quick scanning from a phone.
The software isn't the most modern we've ever seen but it's clean, functional and does the job perfectly well. Abbyy FineReader has built up a strong reputation for being one of the best options in the OCR field, and you can take advantage of a free trial to see if all the hype is on the money.
There is also a Corporate version which adds the ability to compare documents and perform automated batch conversions. Readiris blends a polished interface with a host of useful features and functions to really earn its place on our list. If you're running a small business or need a serious amount of paper digitized — and you're prepared to pay for it — then you'll find this program one of the most comprehensive out there.
From a host of supported file formats including Microsoft Office formats and the option to have text read aloud , to signatures and security protection on your finished digital documents, it's difficult to think of anything that the developers of Readiris have missed out.
Watermarks, comments and annotations are all supported. One of the best features of the Adobe OCR software is its ability to recognize handwriting. Of course, good quality handwriting will be better recognized. There are a few other reasons to try out Adobe Scan.
The ability to automatically scan, OCR and contacts from a business card is very cool. In fact, if you spend a lot of time meeting people, it could save you a heck of a lot of time. So you can clean up the images before trying to extract text from them. When the first phones with built-in digital cameras came to market the quality on offer was truly awful. Today, the sophisticated cameras found on even budget models offer high-resolution images that are good enough to use as a replacement for a document scanner.
For example, the Google Drive app lets you make some pretty good scans using nothing but your phone camera. Then again, sometimes a focused, lightweight app is exactly what the doctor ordered. English OCR is a free OCR app for iPhone and iPad that makes it pretty easy to quickly take a snap of a document and convert the text in the photo into a digital format.
The only difference is that the Pro version removes all adverts. Factors such as the quality of the original scanned documents, and quality of the scanner itself greatly influence the final result. Until you test the program, always take the accuracy claims of the manufacturer with a grain of salt. Some OCR programs recognize more than one language. Such programs should be your choice if you will scan documents in another language. OCR software scan an individual character to determine what letter it is.
Such software will represent these characters with the nearest equivalent in English. When using a software that supports multiple languages, you have to specify the language of the document so that it can OCR accurately.
Printed text produced by a printer is easily recognizable by any OCR program. However, handwritten text is a totally different ordeal. People have very different handwritings. Some write neatly, while most handwritings are not legible enough for humans, leave alone computers. Decent OCR programs, however, can recognize neatly hand written text. So, if you are going to be archiving handwritten documents, look for OCR programs that recognize handwriting.
OCR software can either run automatically or interactively. If you will need to scan many documents at a time, you should consider OCR programs that ran automatically. With such a program, in a few clicks you start scanning documents, go on with other tasks, and come back to find the editable PDF, txt, or doc file.
Most free OCR software have limited automation. However, you will find out that interactive input offers the most accurate results. The main purpose of these programs is to convert image text into text. Some will not retain the layout of the original document.
Therefore, you will have to do a lot of editing on the final copy. A good program should retain the original layout, so that minor editing work is needed in the final copy.
Some of the programs reviewed below will retain the columns, tables, and graphic images in the original document. After trying and testing different programs based on the factors outlined above, here are the reviews of the best free OCR software. Free OCR to Word is the best free OCR software that opens a wide range of image file formats, and converts the text in the images to editable text.
It has an intuitive user interface that allows quick access to all the features. The software works well with scanners from all major manufacturers.
The scanned file or image is displayed on the left window. You can then save the recognized text as a TXT file or. The accuracy of the final text is dependent on the condition of the original document. Very good OCR recognition 5. It uses state-of-the-art modern OCR software. The recognition quality is comparable to commercial OCR software.
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