Condense Alternatives

Condense is described as 'Typing out has come to a end. Say ‚Hello‘ to Condense. Your easy to use optical character recognition (OCR) application' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Condense for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, Linux and iPad apps. The best Condense alternative is Adobe Acrobat DC. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CopyFish or ClarifyDocuments. Other great apps like Condense are ABBYY FineReader PDF, Text Lens, TextSniper and Frog - Extract Text.

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  1. Adobe Acrobat DC icon

    Adobe Acrobat DC

     203 likes

    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    316 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Mac alternative to Condense.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular commercial alternative to Condense.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is Paid and ProprietaryCondense is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. ABBYY FineReader PDF icon

    ABBYY FineReader PDF

     142 likes

    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and includes PDF editing tools.

    89 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Condense.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and ProprietaryCondense is also Paid and Proprietary
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is LightweightCondense is not according to our users
  4. Text Lens icon

    Text Lens

     5 likes

    Extract text from anywhere on your screen (OCR). Perfect for capturing text from videos, PDFs, presentations, or any app where copying isn't possible.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and ...

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  6. TextSniper icon

    TextSniper

     13 likes

    TextSniper is a super useful app to quickly capture unselectable text. Use it to capture and recognize text from presentations, trainings, screencasts,images, pictures, webpages, video tutorials, photos, PDFs etc. Literally from anywhere on your mac's screen.

    55 TextSniper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. CopyFish icon

    CopyFish

     19 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Copy text from images, PDF and Youtube videos
     

    • CopyFish is the most popular Linux alternative to Condense.

    • CopyFish is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Condense.

    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourceCondense is Paid and Proprietary
  8. ClarifyDocuments icon

    ClarifyDocuments

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    ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. FreeOCR icon

    FreeOCR

     29 likes

    FreeOCR is a scan & OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine, also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer, and it is very simple to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. TextShot icon

    TextShot

     1 like

    TextShot is the ultimate tool for extracting text from images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. TextGlance icon

    TextGlance

     1 like

    TextGlance makes it effortless to grab text from anywhere on your Mac. See text you can't select in videos, images, or PDFs? Just drag a lasso and get editable text instantly. On-device OCR, no cloud uploads.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Kaizen OCR icon

    Kaizen OCR

     2 likes

    Kaizen OCR is a free, lightweight desktop app for Windows that lets you extract text from images, screenshots in seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Kaizen OCR integrates directly into your Windows right-click context menu. Simply right-click any image file and select "KaizenOCR" to extract text instantly — no need to open the app manually.
     
  15. Vizion icon

    Vizion

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    Never get annoyed by unselectable text on websites, PDFs, images or system user interfaces again. Just select the region of your screen in the same manner as you would take a screenshot and find all recognized text in your clipboard ready to get pasted anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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