OCR software

square_imp · 12 Apr 2008 at 10:26

Just wondering if anyone has any bright ideas about freely available OCR (optical character recognition) software that I can use in windows xp? I want to be able to scan in written or printed text and be able to use and edit it in word. I have a new scanner but the OCR software that came with it is extremely poor. Any ideas most welcome.

jbloggs · 12 Apr 2008 at 11:42

SimpleOCR is about the only "free" one I have come across, usually the OCR software that is supplied with the scanner at time of purchase is adequate to do basic jobs.

If you have Microsoft Office, there is a utility in there called Microsoft Office Document Scanning utility which might do what you want.

The 2 best OCR software applications are Omnipage Pro or Abbyy Finereader Professional, but they are quite expensive.

PCDave · 12 Apr 2008 at 11:43

ive used simpleOCR as well a few times and had no complaints very easy to use

square_imp · 14 Apr 2008 at 19:05

cheers for that, will give it a go