Free OCR programs

DEL 707 · 28 Feb 2015 at 18:07

As the title says really, I've got a picture I would like to get the text off, so need a free OCR program to do the job.

The top search result seems to be FreeOCR, but after a bit of reading, I've heard the latest version has malware.

Can anyone recommend an alternative?

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tnx · 28 Feb 2015 at 18:25

So you have a picture with text across it ?
You want the text taken away ?

Post the pic up here maybe and let the photoshop guys have a go at it ?

DEL 707 · 28 Feb 2015 at 18:49

Well here's the file, if anyone wants a go.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9hnnq9zjufgncn6/Cyborg Justice Text scan.jpg

I just need the text in the picture into some sort of file, .txt would do the job.

Mynight · 28 Feb 2015 at 19:02

https://www.dropbox.com/s/06e49wz4y9fpgtu/cyborg.txt?dl=0

A few accents didn't read properly but wouldn't take much to correct them.

Edit: let me know when you have it so I can disable the link. Thanks.

DEL 707 · 28 Feb 2015 at 19:17

Thanks Mynight, I got the file.

Caged · 28 Feb 2015 at 19:21

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692?hl=en

Mynight · 28 Feb 2015 at 19:23

DEL 707 said:
Thanks Mynight, I got the file.

No problem. I must ask though what is this from? :confused:

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tnx · 28 Feb 2015 at 19:25

I read it the other way, you had a pic with some sort of text on it.
It's just a pic of words and you want these words as a text file.
How about just copy the text into a notepad doc.

Mynight · 28 Feb 2015 at 19:25

That requires effort though

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DEL 707 · 28 Feb 2015 at 20:00

For those curious few, it's so I can do a cover for an old Mega Drive game, Cyborg Justice!

DEL 707 · 1 Mar 2015 at 15:12

Finished!

http://www.mediafire.com/view/t2kd7632d5f73g7/Cyborg Justice Mega Drive.jpg

Thanks for the help.

Chaos · 1 Mar 2015 at 16:42

I think Microsofts Onenote has ment to have pretty good ocr.