Register your product. Easily search files scanned with OCR using key words and phrases. Save space by keeping important information on a CD instead of in a bulky filing cabinet.
Back to top. From speedy searches to saving space, there are numerous benefits to scanning your documents with OCR software: No more retyping If you lose or accidentally erase an important digital file, such as a proposal or invoice, but still have a hard copy, you can easily replace it in your digital filing system by using OCR software to scan the paper original or most recent draft.
Quick digital searches OCR software converts scanned text into a word processing file, giving you the opportunity to search for specific documents using a keyword or phrase. For example, you could effortlessly search hundreds of invoices and locate a specific name or account in moments, without having to thumb through extensive files.
Scan items that may need to be updated in the future to help expedite the editing process: —Typed family recipes —Rental agreements —Resumes —Contracts Save space Free up storage space by scanning paper documents and hauling the originals off to storage.
You can easily turn a filing cabinet worth of information into editable digital files, and create a backup system consisting of a single CD. Vision impaired PC users can scan books, magazines, incoming faxes, or other documents into word processing programs to be used in conjunction with a computer voice-over utility.
To install the software, follow these easy steps:. An InstallShield Wizard dialogue box will appear. Click Next. Follow the installation prompts until the Readiris for HP home welcome window appears. To scan your documents:. The software is clunky and looks outdated as it hasn't been updated since version 3. SimpleOCR was fine with normal text, but its handling of multi-column layouts was a disappointment.
In my opinion, the conversion accuracy of the Microsoft tools was considerably better than SimpleOCR. Point the app to an image or a file printout. You can also use your PC's webcam to give it an image to look at. The recognized text is displayed in an adjacent window. The text to speech feature is a highlight. Click the speaker icon and the app will read aloud what it just scanned. It's not great with handwritten text, but printed text recognition was adequate. Download: Photo Scan Free, in-app purchase.
So you can use it with any Windows device you own. The app is also free to use, and the ad support can be removed with an in-app purchase. Like most free OCR programs, it is idea for printed documents and not handwritten text. It's also an executable that doesn't require installation. You can then use the mouse to select the portion you want to capture. Hit Enter to trigger the optical character recognition. The captured and converted text will appear in a popup and, by default, will also be available in the clipboard.
It uses Google Translate to convert the captured text to other languages. Check the menu in the Windows toolbar to access Settings , toggle saving to clipboard on and off, or switch the default OCR language. Download : Capture2Text Free. Easy Screen OCR isn't free. It advances numerous hypotheses about what this character is. Basing on these hypotheses, the program analyzes different variants of breaking of lines into words and words into characters. After processing huge number of such probabilistic hypotheses, the program finally takes the decision, presenting you the recognized text.
This enables secondary analysis of the text elements on word level. With dictionary support, the program ensures even more accurate analysis and recognition of documents and simplifies further verification of recognition results.
Optical Character Recognition, or OCR, is a technology that enables you to convert different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents, PDF files or images captured by a digital camera into editable and searchable data. Obviously, a scanner is not enough to make this information available for editing, say in Microsoft Word.
All a scanner can do is create an image or a snapshot of the document that is nothing more than a collection of black and white or color dots, known as a raster image. In order to extract and repurpose data from scanned documents, camera images or image-only PDFs, you need an OCR software that would single out letters on the image, put them into words and then, words into sentences, thus enabling you to access and edit the content of the original document.
In the heart of these systems lie three fundamental principles: Integrity, Purposefulness and Adaptability. The principle of purposefulness supposes that any interpretation of data must always serve some purpose.
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