VeryUtils ScanOCR is a simple OCR software for Windows, Mac and Linux systems, providing character recognition support for common image formats, and multi-page images and PDF files. The program has postprocessing which helps correct errors regularly encountered in the OCR process, boosting the accuracy rate on the result. The program can also function as a console application, executing from the command line. Batch processing is now supported. The program monitors a watch folder for new image files, automatically processes them through the OCR engine, and outputs recognition results to an output folder. ScanOCR does able to capture actionable data from any documents, from structured forms and surveys to unstructured text-heavy papers. If you have a scanner and want to avoid retyping your documents, ScanOCR is the fast, best way to do it. ScanOCR has also a royalty-free OCR SDK for developers to use in their custom applications, please feel free to contact us if you are interest in ScanOCR SDK product. ScanOCR Highlight Features: Support Multi-platform (Java version only), include Windows, Solaris, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Others. Support more input formats, include PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP image etc. formats. Support Multi-page TIFF images. Able to OCR Single and Multi-page PDF files. Able to OCR scanned PDF files and normal PDF files. Support Screenshots. Able to OCR characters in selection box. File drag-and-drop. Paste image from clipboard. Postprocessing for OCRed characters to boost accuracy rate. Localized user interface for many languages (Localization project). Integrated scanning support. Watch folder monitor for support of batch processing. Custom text replacement in postprocessing. Spellcheck with Hunspell. Support for downloading and installing language data packs and appropriate spell dictionaries. Do you dread having to retype that document you are holding in your hand? If only you had the electronic file, your life would be so much easier. With ScanOCR software, you could easily and accurately convert that paper document into editable electronic text for use in any application including Word and WordPerfect. Despeckle -- For those documents which are not particularly clear (i.e. faxes, copies of copies, …), ScanOCR provides a despeckle or "noisy document" option which increases ScanOCR"s accuracy. Plain Text Extraction -- Just need the plain text from the original document? No problem. ScanOCR can be set to recognize the characters and words but ignore the formatting. The resulting file is ready for your word processor or your HTML/web editor and your own custom formatting. Simplified Error Correction -- Our text editor highlights suspected errors in the recognized text for easier correction. This simplifies the otherwise time-consuming task of proof reading the recognized text for errors.
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