OCR is the abbreviation that stands for " Optical Character Recognition " èd is a software technology, "intelligent" that is used to convert images and PDFs containing written texts into documents that can be edited with normal word processing programs such as, Microsoft Word.
Without going into technical detail, an OCR software therefore allows you to take a written sheet and convert it into a document, the words of which are editable.
In general we refer to the use of the scanner, and to the recognition of the texts written on a sheet of paper so that the words can be changed.
To find fields of application typical of everyday life we can think of when you want to use the text written on a book or newspaper to bring it back to your own Word document or a paper, to modify it and make it your own or even to rewrite a received fax .
In this article we see some free programs and websites, useful for editing faxes, scanner images and pdfs in a plain text file.
Lately OCR technology has made great strides and the results are surprising.
READ ALSO: Recognize and extract text from image on Android with OCR apps
1) Transcribing text in photos with Google Keep is the easiest way even if it doesn't work with PDFs.
2) With Microsoft Onenote for Windows 10 you can use the OCR function of the scanned sheets to make the paper documents editable.
The program is easy to use and free and is discussed in another article.
3) Even with Google Docs you can extract text from a pdf or an image which is another very practical and convenient solution.
4) Cognitive OpenOCR (Cuneiform) is an open source program that allows you to do optical character recognition (OCR) and therefore to transform pdf and images into text documents editable with Word or other programs.
Cuneiform supports 23 languages including Italian and has special algorithms for recognizing text from printers, faxes and photocopies.
It automatically recognizes, without difficulty of use, the blocks of text, tables and images and preserves the page layout perfectly.
5) SimpleOCR is a simple and basic program capable of making editable texts written on paper and scanned on the computer, with optical character recognition.
With SimpleOCR it is possible to convert each paper document into editable electronic text to be used also with Word.
6) Easy Screen OCR is a free program for Windows 10 and Windows 7 that allows you to extract and acquire text from any image or screenshot.
The Easy Screen OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool is capable of capturing and converting screenshots to text.
It can extract text from an image, a video, a website, documents.
Powered by Google OCR, which guarantees high recognition accuracy, this free program supports over 100 languages.
7) Boxoft Free OCR Converter is another excellent free program that allows you to extract text from all types of images (including those of sheets scanned with the scanner), in multiple languages including English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and more.
In addition to images, it can also scan hard copies of documents and convert them into editable text.
7) OnlineOCR.net is a website where you only have to upload the scanned image or pdf to get the file editable and editable with Word.
8) Fine Reader Online is a website for converting an image into a text file or a pdf file into a Word file, always editable.
This last function, the conversion of files from .pdf to .doc can also be done with other specific software to edit pdf files.
When we talk about an image converted into a text file, in this case, we mean a page scanned and saved through the management program of a normal scanner, in a jpeg, gif, bmp or tiff file.
To use the site you must register and the conversion of files written in any language, including the Italian language, is recognized.
9) OCR TO Word is a simple and powerful program capable of extracting text from a PDF or from a document acquired with the scanner.
The extracted text can then be edited on Word.
10) (a9t9) Free OCR Software is a free Windows 10 app that allows you to make text inside images editable.
11) gImageReader is an open source program based on the Tesseract project which was developed by HP labs several years ago, while today it belongs to Google.
This powerful application allows you to extract text from images, PDF files, XPS, BMP, ICO, and many other image files.
You can specify different portions of text to extract and save them directly in an editable text file.
12) Capture2Text is a program capable of copying text from images with ease and with a very simple to use interface.
The performance of these programs depends very much on the quality of the image you want to recognize and on the sensitivity of the scanner used.
We move from texts reproduced identically to cases where not even a word is recognized.
READ ALSO: Copy and paste text into photos, images and videos on the internet with Chrome
Without going into technical detail, an OCR software therefore allows you to take a written sheet and convert it into a document, the words of which are editable.
In general we refer to the use of the scanner, and to the recognition of the texts written on a sheet of paper so that the words can be changed.
To find fields of application typical of everyday life we can think of when you want to use the text written on a book or newspaper to bring it back to your own Word document or a paper, to modify it and make it your own or even to rewrite a received fax .
In this article we see some free programs and websites, useful for editing faxes, scanner images and pdfs in a plain text file.
Lately OCR technology has made great strides and the results are surprising.
READ ALSO: Recognize and extract text from image on Android with OCR apps
1) Transcribing text in photos with Google Keep is the easiest way even if it doesn't work with PDFs.
2) With Microsoft Onenote for Windows 10 you can use the OCR function of the scanned sheets to make the paper documents editable.
The program is easy to use and free and is discussed in another article.
3) Even with Google Docs you can extract text from a pdf or an image which is another very practical and convenient solution.
4) Cognitive OpenOCR (Cuneiform) is an open source program that allows you to do optical character recognition (OCR) and therefore to transform pdf and images into text documents editable with Word or other programs.
Cuneiform supports 23 languages including Italian and has special algorithms for recognizing text from printers, faxes and photocopies.
It automatically recognizes, without difficulty of use, the blocks of text, tables and images and preserves the page layout perfectly.
5) SimpleOCR is a simple and basic program capable of making editable texts written on paper and scanned on the computer, with optical character recognition.
With SimpleOCR it is possible to convert each paper document into editable electronic text to be used also with Word.
6) Easy Screen OCR is a free program for Windows 10 and Windows 7 that allows you to extract and acquire text from any image or screenshot.
The Easy Screen OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool is capable of capturing and converting screenshots to text.
It can extract text from an image, a video, a website, documents.
Powered by Google OCR, which guarantees high recognition accuracy, this free program supports over 100 languages.
7) Boxoft Free OCR Converter is another excellent free program that allows you to extract text from all types of images (including those of sheets scanned with the scanner), in multiple languages including English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and more.
In addition to images, it can also scan hard copies of documents and convert them into editable text.
7) OnlineOCR.net is a website where you only have to upload the scanned image or pdf to get the file editable and editable with Word.
8) Fine Reader Online is a website for converting an image into a text file or a pdf file into a Word file, always editable.
This last function, the conversion of files from .pdf to .doc can also be done with other specific software to edit pdf files.
When we talk about an image converted into a text file, in this case, we mean a page scanned and saved through the management program of a normal scanner, in a jpeg, gif, bmp or tiff file.
To use the site you must register and the conversion of files written in any language, including the Italian language, is recognized.
9) OCR TO Word is a simple and powerful program capable of extracting text from a PDF or from a document acquired with the scanner.
The extracted text can then be edited on Word.
10) (a9t9) Free OCR Software is a free Windows 10 app that allows you to make text inside images editable.
11) gImageReader is an open source program based on the Tesseract project which was developed by HP labs several years ago, while today it belongs to Google.
This powerful application allows you to extract text from images, PDF files, XPS, BMP, ICO, and many other image files.
You can specify different portions of text to extract and save them directly in an editable text file.
12) Capture2Text is a program capable of copying text from images with ease and with a very simple to use interface.
The performance of these programs depends very much on the quality of the image you want to recognize and on the sensitivity of the scanner used.
We move from texts reproduced identically to cases where not even a word is recognized.
READ ALSO: Copy and paste text into photos, images and videos on the internet with Chrome
