OCR PDF Free – Free ocr converter

OCR PDF Free – Free ocr converter

What is PDF OCR?

PDF OCR is based on Optical character recognition (OCR) technology to convert books and documents into editable electronic text files fast and easily. PDF OCR has a build-in text editor which allows you to edit ocr result text without MS Word. PDF OCR also supports batch mode to OCR all pages of pdf file to text at a time.  OCR is a field of research in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and computer vision.

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PDF OCR Features

It converts Scanned PDF To Text so you can edit or use the PDF content also converts scanned images to PDF document and creates scanned PDF books.
Very easy to use because PDF OCR converts PDF To Text within 3 clicks and OCR PDF is fast as it will processe 10+ pages in 45 seconds
PDF OCR has a build-in text editor which allows you to edit the ocr result text without MS Word or WordPad. It supports 3 PDF OCR mode, single page, page range and All page ocr(batch)
PDF OCR supports more than 10 Languages Besides English, Also supports German, French, Spanish, Italian and many Languages else.
OCR Software

SimpleOCR

For handwriting recognition using MS tools, could have a solution in SimpleOCR. But the software offers handwriting recognition only as a 14 day free trial. Machine print recognition though does not have any restrictions.

SimpleOCR (v3.1) is a 9MB download and is compatible with Windows.

TopOCR

It is designed more for digital cameras (at least 3MP) and mobile phones along with scanners. The image sourced from a camera or a scanner in the left window gets converted to the text format in the text editor on the right. The text editor functions like WordPad and can use Microsoft’s Text to Speech engine.

TopOCR (v3.1) is an 8MB download and is compatible with Windows (not tested on Vista).

FreeOCR

It is  one of the most accurate open source OCR engines available. FreeOCR is a simple Windows interface for that underlying code.

FreeOCR (v.2.03) requires Microsoft Net 2.0 framework. The Windows XP/Vista compatible 4.38MB software can also be downloaded from this alternate site.