Text Recognition

VueScan

CuneiForm

Readiris

ABBYY Screenshot Reader

Microsoft OneNote

RiDoc

Digitizing documents manually is a long, tedious and time-consuming job. For convenience, the process is automated: there are many programs that can recognize text from a photograph and translate it into an electronic version. A human being may be required to do some simple editing, but the main amount of work is done by the computer anyway.

Recognition software can:

digitize printed or handwritten text from a photograph or scan of a document;
convert graphical formats to text (for example, you can convert text from DjVu to DOC);
recognition of many languages, not only Russian;
editing of the received results (correction of inaccuracies and mistakes, that is especially actual for handwritten variants);
spell-checking and detection of unfamiliar words;
maintenance of user dictionaries (the algorithm in this case will be able to recognize even the local names, nicknames, specific vocabulary, etc.);
simple text layout;
much more depending on the functionality of the selected program.

Any of such programs can be useful to students and people whose work is connected with papers and documents. Recognition software helps you get rid of the need to constantly type texts by hand, checking them against the paper version. You only need to take a photo of a page and upload it to a special window (you may need to edit and correct errors and inconsistencies). The same applies to scans, screenshots, and documents in PDF and DjVu formats.

All Text Recognition in rating

Scanitto Pro

The modern Scanitto Pro software offers the simplicity of scanning and copying needed materials with just a click of the mouse. The program is adapted for almost all models of scanners and is compatible with most utilities. The user interface is presented in Russian and is as concise as possible and contains only the necessary working functionality.

Pros

Adjusting color modes (color, black/white, grayscale), resolution, and size
Manual scan area selection
Image correction functions: Descanning and garbage removal
Save scanned images in any of the following formats BMP, JPG, TIFF, JP2 or PNG
Save scanned or imported images into a multipage PDF
Directly copying documents from the scanner to the printer
Automatic page layout analysis
Fast recognition process with multi-core support
Recognition languages English, Italian, Russian, German, French, Spanish

Cons

Free version is valid for 30 days

VueScan

2.5

VueScan is designed for practical and high quality scanning of various types of slides, successfully working with all film scanners and certain models of tablet devices. The developers have released several versions that are compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The program can be installed on devices with different technical characteristics and does not use a lot of system resources.

Pros

Create custom profiles
Adjusts the maximum color depth
Enhances the quality of scanned documents
Multiple page view option
Adjustment of dynamic range and gradation response
Save results in raw, tiff, jpeg, png, bmp and other popular formats
Small installation file size
Works with digital and film cameras
The software receives regular updates from the official website of the creators

Cons

The scanned documents will be watermarked with the developer's name before the program is activated

CuneiForm

In the era of computer technology and automation, some processes require documents in digital format. It is now a must at any enterprise or organization. Virtually everything is now being digitized. It is much more convenient because it is easier to work with a digitized document. It is easier to correct some mistakes, make changes, delete unnecessary things and add important ones. And no one can see these changes. That is why the main problem at the moment is digitization of documents. This is quite a complicated and time-consuming process. You have to type in each document manually on the computer. This is very time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Pros

Maintaining the original font structure
Ability to recognize all kinds of text documents optically
Capability of batch processing of different documents
Free program Cuneiform, provides fast and effective character and text recognition
Conversion of electronic graphic documents and also paper documents into an editable form.
Cognitive Technologies developer, periodically updates the recognition algorithms of the utility
User-friendly interface of Ocr Cuneiform program, has Russian language menu sections
Conversion of different text, graphic files and photocopies of faxes into editable file formats for Microsoft Office package
Adaptive content recognition

Cons

Cuneiform may slow down in the process of document recognition

Readiris

3.5

The Readiris program offers every user a wide range of options for the optical recognition of all kinds of texts and images. Due to its wide functionality the program is successfully used by professional users. Text processing is performed in a variety of formats, including handwriting and digital images.

Pros

Intercepts control of scanning equipment and automatically imports scanned documents for further processing
Supports alphabetic and numeric characters, all punctuation marks, and special characters
Supports the recognition of language pairs consisting of English and Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, etc.
Variety of advanced recognition options to help recognize scans and photos of poor quality
A separate window displays the characters that were not recognized
You enter unrecognized symbols, the program will remember the changes and recognize them later
Correction tools for scans and photos, that allow to improve the quality of images and, as a result, the result of text recognition
Annotations can be added to exported PDF documents, including TTS annotations (text-to-speech)
User-friendly user interface

Cons

Free trial period of only 10 days

ABBYY Screenshot Reader

ABBYY Screenshot Reader not only allows you to quickly create any kind of screenshots, but also has the ability to convert them into text format. This is most convenient when working with various documents and images, when creating presentations and personal content. The developers have simplified the user interface as much as possible, the control panel displays only the most necessary options and the dialog box takes up little space on the screen.

Pros

Simple and user-friendly interface
Variety of preservation formats
ABBYY OCR technology converts paper documents and images into editable electronic formats with the highest precision
Capture any part of the screen
Text recognition from the selected text area
Saving information from a site into Excel through the program
Adding information to a document
Print maps and driving directions
Extract text from a graphic file

Cons

Trial is valid for 7 days
The trial version has a limit of 100 pages for conversion and comparison

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is a computer program designed to create and save notes electronically. Extensive layout and sorting capabilities help you create clear and convenient notes of any type (reminders, useful information, notebook, creative sketches, and more).

Pros

Automatic text formatting
Built-in spell checker option
Convenient list creation process
Securely protect important information
Import your address book from your cell phone
Quick creation of address books, sections and tags
Use of cloud technologies
Touch screen support with handwriting input

Cons

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RiDoc

RiDoc is a program whose main task is to translate scanned documents and pages into electronic format.