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OCR
stands for Optical Character Recognition. This tool helps to convert paper
documents or fixed images into PDFs that can be edited. The main purpose of OCR
pdf is to convert images that contain text to files that can be edited. This
tool is very helpful for teachers, lawyers or doctors, etc.
To
convert images to a text file, there are many OCR tools. A scanner is required
to scan the image. Then this image is saved in PDF or JPEG format. This file is
then used by OCR software to recognize the image and transform it into a word
file so it can be edited.
Use of
OCR
OCR
converts pdf to text, which is quite helpful for many people; it saves time
rewriting the whole document. OCR does its job by providing you the converted
word file and frees you from copying the text from the image.
Onlineconvertfree.com
This
website is used worldwide to convert pdf and images to editable text. This is
one of the best file converters. Onlineconvertfree.com was started in 2018. It
is free, and you can convert multiple files into text without paying. Many
software and websites ask for premium membership after converting some of your
files, but Onlineconvertfree.com will not ask you for premium signup.
Services
of onlineconvertfree.com are
free and can be utilized by anyone. It is the best one on the internet, and you
can convert any document, video, book, image, etc., editable file. It supports
up to 70+ formats, which means it can convert any type of file in seconds.
It can
support up to 15 languages which is a plus point for many people in this world.
This PDF OCR is more of a need than a bonus as it provides easy conversion to
many people who don't know the English language.
It is the
most trustworthy online PDF OCR tool because it will never share your data and
files with anyone else. It has an easy-to-use interface and can also help you
with batch conversion.
Steps:
To recognize text,
simply upload or drag the file in Onlineconvertfree.com and choose the
desired language. After this, it will process the scanned file and ask you for
the output format. After selecting the output format, click on the recognize to
download the new file with recognized text.
FreeOCR (Windows)
FreeOCR is a very
popular software among many users. It is a free OCR PDF software that helps you convert images to text
etc., to editable text. You will need a scanner, and then you can easily scan
the paper and get a text file. This software saves the scanned file into your
computer and can be accessed easily.
This software also
provides the option of converting documents into TIFF and PDF format. FreeOCR
was made by Hewlett Packard and was released by Google. It is also called a
"tesseract," it has amazing features of automatic layout detecting,
which helps you draw rectangles around the converted text file. This saves a
lot of time.
Steps:
Simply
drag the file into FreeOCR and select the desired language to recognize text.
After that, it will process the scanned file and prompt you to pick an output
format; click Recognize to get a new file containing recognized text.
SimpleOCR (windows)
SimpleOCR
is a desktop software that provides you a basic OCR package to converts pdf into text.
It also converts images to
text. You have to install this software on your desktop, and you will
need a scanner.
SimpleOCR
is not as simple as you think. If you scan papers in your scanner and it
reveals any kind of complexity, such as paper damaged or paper not being scanned
properly, then it won't work. Simple OCR
provides you a premium package, too, in which you will have more premium
options to convert your files, but if you think the standard version works fine
for you, then it's free and can be used unlimited times. Â The standard version of this OCR pdf software,
SampleOCR, won't cost you any money and will be simple to use if you scan your
documents properly.
Steps:
To
convert the files, simply upload or drag the file into SimpleOCR and choose the
language to identify the text. After that, it will analyze the scanned file and
prompt you to pick an output format, e.g., .doc, etc. after choosing the
format, click on the recognize option to download the new file with recognized
text.Â