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14. Lists of free OCR software

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:35 PM

Jan 2022

https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/User-Projects-%E2%80%93-3rdParty.html (list of Google-tesseract OCR engine powered programs)

I've used this tesseract-powered utility: http://www.paperfile.net

https://www.onenote.com/download (microsoft onenote, which has a pretty advanced OCR engine)

Windows 10 & above have the same OCR engine *built in* and use it in the PhotoScan app.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/scan-a-document-or-picture-fa6a57d5-1f31-24e5-2a78-2fb0bb2c2d15

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Can I turn an essay into text by scanning it? [View all] Polybius Jan 2022 OP

Is it type written or hand written? iemanja Jan 2022 #1

It's typed Polybius Jan 2022 #3

OCR is the term. Optical Character Recognition Tetrachloride Jan 2022 #2

Thanks! Polybius Jan 2022 #4

I used OCR about twenty or so years ago. TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #8

I use acrobat pro crud Jan 2022 #5

If you have an IPhone or iPad, there is a scanner in NOTES. Baked Potato Jan 2022 #6

You might actually want to retype it. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #9

Absolutely! I am mega-impressed with MS Word's speech recognition MerryHolidays Jan 2022 #12

OCR software is pretty standard with all modern scanners CloudWatcher Jan 2022 #11

My experience Lucid Dreamer Jan 2022 #13

Lists of free OCR software NullTuples Jan 2022 #14