All kinds of entertainment and recorded memories through pictures and videos are now mostly saved and could be retrieved through digital platforms. Through these digital platforms, you will be able to manage, edit and share your pictures, music and videos. In addition to that, nowadays, through the advancement of technology, the Optical Character Recognition could make it easier to digitalize textual material and could make it editable through word processing programs.
Since one of the requirements to be able to extract and edit text is to have a good OCR software application, we have decided to write this article to aid, help and assist you choose the best software that could edit the text of any image document. Without further ado, here are our top 5 OCR Software.
1. ABBYY FineReader
No one comes close with ABBYY FineReader. It comes with numerous useful amazing features which makes extracting and editing text as easy as counting one, two, three. Though there are quite a number of features included in this software, it is simple and easy to use. You will be able to extract text from different formats like JPG, PNG, BMP and TIFF. In addition to that, it could also extract from DJVU and PDF files.
To use this software, all you have to do is to upload your file in at least 300 dpi. Once done, the program will automatically analyze your file and will determine which portion of the file it could extract. Once the software has extracted the text from your image file, click on the save option button and choose the format you would wish to save your text.
This software’s output text could also be edited. Moreover, they have other features that you could use such as font styles/sizes, image correction tools and many more.
Formats Supported: PDF, TXT, RTF and EPUB.
Platform Availability: Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10, Max OS X 10.6 and later versions
2. Readiris
If you are looking for a powerful OCR, then Raadiris is the perfect software for you. This OCR comes with powerful features and yet it is simple to use. It is also pegged as a professional application and could extract texts from image formats such as BMP, PNG, PCX, TIFF, PDF and DJVU. Before using this software, ensure that your image has been scanned at 300 dpi and is clear. Once your image has been uploaded, the software starts to analyzes your image file and will extract all its text. All the extracted text could be edited and could be saved on different formats such as DOCX, PDF, HTM, and CSV. In addition to that, this software allows its users to save text on different cloud storage services such as GoogleDrive, OneDrive and Dropbox.
Platform Availability: Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10, Max OS X 10.7 and later versions
3. FreeOCR
Though this software is not that loaded with fancy features, it works well and could even compete with other known OCR software. This software, according to Tesseract OCR engine, is very easy to use. All you have to do is scan your document, upload your image and the software will do the rest. It will extract all the text from all your mult-paged document and will convert it to TXT or RTF format. It could also be exported directly to Microsoft Word. This software supports formats such as JPG, PNG and TIFF. This software offers only basic features and functions, and if you are looking for something that is more complex, then FreeOCR is not for you.
Platform Availability: Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10
4. Microsoft OneNote
OneNote is a note-taking app but not only does it work for taking notes, it also allows its users to extract text from images. It is easy to use and it also could be done through its desktop version. All you have to do is insert the image file to any of your notebooks then right click on the image and select copy text from picture. This will copy the entire text of your image and will be pasted on your clipboard. This app supports formats such as JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF and many more.
Platform Availability: Windows 7,8, 10, Vista, Mac OS X 10.10 and versions after.
5. GOCR
Take Note that though GOCR supports the usual image formats such as PNG and JPG, it does not work on Windows 10 running on PC.
This software does not have GUI or graphical user interface and unfortunately, it is a bit difficult to use. However, once you get used to its basics, you will not have a very hard time using it. It extracts text on image document and saves it to TXT format. Though GOCR comes with simple features, it does work well specially on extracting texts from simple images. It also only comes with limited feature, so, if your task is a bit complicated, GOCR is not for you.
Platform Availability: Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10, Linux, OS/2
Conclusión:
Gone are the days when you will have to manually type the text found on your image file. Now, with digitalizing printed textual content, you will not have to do this. Through OCR software, you
will be able to save, share and edit your image file, extract its text content and save it into another format of your choice. With this, we have featured the best OCR software which could help you choose the best according to your needs.
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