OCR download for pc programs allow us to transform uneditable files like PDFs, photos and scans into editable text with minimal effort. There are currently many excellent OCR applications on the internet – some paid and some free (such as FreeOCR.net which utilizes Google’s Tesserakt engine).
FreeOCR.net download latest version stands out with its low weight and easy installation process, while providing users with just what they need: character recognition from any file uploaded into it. Furthermore, the application supports English only.
FreeOCR download for windows comes equipped with only English character libraries by default; therefore any special characters from Polish are replaced by whatever the program considers appropriate. Luckily, thanks to Open Source principles you can download libraries of other languages – including Polish – from this website.
This will reduce issues related to not recognizing Polish special characters, however the program still has trouble with character styles such as M being detected as VI despite it having its proper shape and factually being incorrect. Furthermore, after detecting characters the program does not preserve text structure so the detected text appears unformatted with many incorrectly detected characters.
FreeOCR apk download recognizes spaces and transitions between lines of text, so we do not encounter an unorganized mass of characters. When scanning documents to extract characters for OCR use, remember that scan quality should at least 200dpi; otherwise the program won’t be able to read them or distortions will make their detection meaningless compared with their source text – meaning screenshots and photos shouldn’t even attempt detecting characters for OCR use!
But if you need to copy a large block of text quickly from a PDF file or from printed text (typewritten or computer-written text) without copying by hand, this program is an effective alternative to copying; unfortunately it cannot read handwritten characters though.
Information:
- Manufacturer : FreeOCR
- License : Freeware (free)
- Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10
