Which OCR software has the most options? - Super User most recent 30 from superuser.com 2010-03-22T11:48:04Z http://superuser.com/feeds/question/68459 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://superuser.com/questions/68459/which-ocr-software-has-the-most-options 2 Which OCR software has the most options? roddik http://superuser.com/users/7443 2009-11-10T14:11:32Z 2009-12-05T04:26:42Z <p>Hello, currently I'm using Abby Finereader, but I'm not satisfied with the number of options it provides. I have a PDF, which consists of regular text, pictures and labels for them (in italics). I'd like to find a program, able to recognize and save only the regular text, deleting page numbers, some fancy side-comments and so on. Which one would you recommend?</p> http://superuser.com/questions/68459/which-ocr-software-has-the-most-options/68474#68474 0 Answer by Kaiser Advisor for Which OCR software has the most options? Kaiser Advisor http://superuser.com/users/14201 2009-11-10T14:41:47Z 2009-11-10T14:41:47Z <p>OCR for AnyDoc and Kofax are both industrial-strength options. </p> http://superuser.com/questions/68459/which-ocr-software-has-the-most-options/75788#75788 0 Answer by Ordago for Which OCR software has the most options? Ordago http://superuser.com/users/19406 2009-11-27T03:28:20Z 2009-11-27T03:28:20Z <p>Nuance's Omnipage lets you select what you whant yo keep from the image. I've used it, and it was faily easy.</p> http://superuser.com/questions/68459/which-ocr-software-has-the-most-options/79086#79086 1 Answer by Mia for Which OCR software has the most options? Mia http://superuser.com/users/20277 2009-12-05T03:40:32Z 2009-12-05T03:40:32Z <p>Omipage is my choice. i have ben usin it for years and never had a problem. Like all OCR's, there are times that it will pick up marks on the pages as characters, but it make life so much easier.</p> http://superuser.com/questions/68459/which-ocr-software-has-the-most-options/79093#79093 0 Answer by Molly7244 for Which OCR software has the most options? Molly7244 http://superuser.com/users/0 2009-12-05T04:26:42Z 2009-12-05T04:26:42Z <p>i really like <strong><a href="http://www.topocr.com/" rel="nofollow">TopOCR</a></strong>, certainly a great addition to your scan tools:</p> <pre><code>* Incredible OCR accuracy, upto 99.8% with a 3 MP camera * No page limits, and no extra downloads or components needed * Handles images with mixed text and graphics (Manual or Auto Zoning) * Tolerates skew and uneven lighting * Multiple text output formats, including searchable PDF and HTML * Able to read 11 different languages * Powerful, easy to use Image Processing with Image Dewarping * Supports Smartphones: See some Smartphone samples * Includes built-in, full featured Text and Image WYSIWYG Editors * Post-processing spell checker for all 11 languages * Built-in Text-To-Speech software. How about OCR to MP3? * Includes a built-in multi-lingual text translater * Supports a Command Line Interface and a GUI * Make a high performance document Search and Indexing system * Browser Helper Mode supports creating free audio eBooks * With TopOCR's Web Engine it's easy to add new features </code></pre> <p><img src="http://screenshots.en.softonic.com/en/scrn/40000/40320/3%5Fscreen1.jpg" alt="alt text"></p> <p>it's very accurate and works excellent with low quality images such as photographs of pages/documents</p> <p><em>TopOCR is freeware (can be made portable with <a href="http://legroom.net/software/uniextract" rel="nofollow">Universal Extractor</a>)</em></p>