MyFreeOCR Alternatives

MyFreeOCR is described as 'Optical character recognition is the process of recognising characters from an image. This is especially useful if you want to edit a scanned document' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to MyFreeOCR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Android apps. The best MyFreeOCR alternative is Okular, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MyFreeOCR are MuPDF, Qoppa PDF Studio, Notebloc and CopyFish.

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  1. Okular icon
     510 likes

    Multi-platform document viewer supporting PDF, ePub, comics, images, and Markdown with annotation, digital signature verification, tabbed interface, sidebar navigation, text selection, text-to-speech, magnifier, search, dark mode, and plugin support.

    132 Okular alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  2. MuPDF icon
     163 likes

    MuPDF offers a highly versatile PDF, XPS, and eBook interpreter, customizable as a renderer, viewer, or toolkit. Features include digital signatures, redactions, form filling, annotations, and page manipulation, ideal for mobile, eBooks, and embedded apps supporting Java, C++, and Python.

    112 MuPDF alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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  3. CopyFish icon
     19 likes

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

    83 CopyFish alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  4. OCR software and web service to extract text from image files and PDF. The application is available as online OCR web app, OCR API, or simple to install Windows store application.

    83 (a9t9) Free OCR Software alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
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  5. OCRFeeder icon
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    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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  6. FreeOCR icon
     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.

    95 FreeOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Online OCR icon
     19 likes

    Free Online OCR is a software that allows you to convert scanned PDF and images into editable Word, Text, Excel output formats.

    93 Online OCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. OwlOCR icon
     4 likes

    OwlOCR 7 is a macOS OCR app for text you can see but cannot select. Capture a screen region, open an image or PDF, paste supported content, or import a photo or scan from an iPhone or iPad. Apple Vision performs fast on-device recognition.

    115 OwlOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. GOCR icon
     7 likes

    GOCR is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program, developed under the GNU Public License. It converts scanned images of text back to text files. Joerg Schulenburg started the program, and now leads a team of developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Provides accurate and fast text detection from any image file downloaded from your device or taken with a snapshot. It also supports textual detection of a PDF and text-based handwriting detection and text translation in 114 different languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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