ABBYY FineReader PDF Alternatives

ABBYY FineReader PDF is described as 'OCR software with unmatched text recognition accuracy, converting scanned documents into editable formats like Word and Excel, supporting 190 languages' and is a very popular OCR Engine in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and iPhone apps. The best ABBYY FineReader PDF alternative is PDF-XChange Editor, which is free. Other great apps like ABBYY FineReader PDF are NAPS2, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Tesseract and GImageReader.

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ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for PDF Editors or OCR Engines you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source and Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to ABBYY FineReader PDF.
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  1. Readiris icon
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    PDF and OCR publishing software (optical character recognition) for MAC & WINDOWS. Do you dream of an intelligent PDF and OCR solution to intuitively manage your documents? You've found it.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. ABBYY TextGrabber easily and quickly digitizes fragments of printed text and turns the recognized result into action: call, email, follow links, find on maps, translate into 100+ languages, edit, voice over and share in any convenient way.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  3. OCRFeeder icon
     8 likes

    OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. Prizmo icon
     9 likes

    Prizmo 3 is a scanning application with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in 25 languages with powerful editing capabilities, text-to-speech, iCloud support, and translation into 59 languages.

    59 Prizmo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  5. CopyFish icon
     19 likes

    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    83 CopyFish alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. RapidOCR icon
     2 likes

    📄 Awesome OCR multiple programing languages toolkits based on ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, MNN, PaddlePaddle, TensorRT and PyTorch.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. AutomaSnap is an AI-powered tool that instantly digitizes industrial nameplates and automates the parts listing process from photos.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. Chronoscan icon
     3 likes

    Complete suite for document Scanning. Any source: scanners, multifunction printers, e-mails, fax machines, web services or folders. Automatic document classification Data entry with assisted auto fields. Extract text from PDF Files and convert to indexed data. Export data to any.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. AvePDF icon
     3 likes

    Free Online PDF and Document Tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. PDFify icon
     2 likes

    PDF creation with text recognition and scanner support. Features email and webpage import to PDF. Reduce file size by optimizing PDF.

    145 PDFify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  11. Cloud Vision API provides a comprehensive set of capabilities including object detection, ocr, explicit content, face, logo, and landmark detection.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Cloud Platform
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  12. GetSearchablePDF is OCR software that turns PDFs into searchable documents via drag-and-drop.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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