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raccoon

(31,119 posts) Wed Jul 24, 2013, 01:57 PM Jul 2013

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Can anyone recommend a good OCR software? nt

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Can anyone recommend a good OCR software? nt (Original Post) raccoon Jul 2013 OP

I've had good results in the past... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #1

I second Abbyy Finereader MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #5

If you're using linux, Gscan2pdf TroglodyteScholar Jul 2013 #2

See link... ChromeFoundry Jul 2013 #3

thanks for the link. I did read some user reviews of FreeOCR where they raccoon Jul 2013 #4

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

1. I've had good results in the past...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 02:52 PM

Jul 2013

...with Finereader but not this version but it is on sale:
http://buy.abbyyusa.com/content/free/default.aspx?visitor=96046f5d-f7a4-4f6a-8eb0-c901f0af6f10

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

5. I second Abbyy Finereader

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:59 PM

Jul 2013

It's worked really well for me.

TroglodyteScholar

(5,477 posts)

2. If you're using linux, Gscan2pdf

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 07:43 PM

Jul 2013

Supports both Tesseract and GOCR.

ChromeFoundry

(3,270 posts)

3. See link...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 10:29 PM

Jul 2013

http://www.top5freeware.com/ocr-software-for-windows

raccoon

(31,119 posts)

4. thanks for the link. I did read some user reviews of FreeOCR where they

Reply to ChromeFoundry (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:34 AM

Jul 2013

said it installed a bunch of unwanted stuff on your computer---which I know freeware sometimes does.

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