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Image to Text (OCR)

6 apps

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Tesseract

Desktop·Documents
Free option

Extract printed text using an open-source OCR engine on your computer.

Why it fits

Image to Text (OCR)

Good to know: Requires command-line setup and language files; no built-in graphical interface.

PDF24

Website·Documents
Free option

Turn scanned PDFs and photos into searchable documents with OCR.

Why it fits

Image to Text (OCR)

Good to know: Check the official page for current quotas and output conditions.

Adobe Scan

iPhone / iPad·Documents
Free option

Turns paper documents into PDFs with your phone camera and makes their text searchable using OCR. Available for iPhone/iPad and Android for collecting receipts, notes and documents; consider cloud storage and OCR page limits.

Why it fits

Image to Text (OCR)

Good to know: The listings say a subscription raises OCR capacity from 5 to 100 pages. Scans save to Adobe cloud; check recognized text before sharing.

NAPS2

Desktop·Documents
Free option

Turn scanned documents into searchable PDFs with OCR and arrange pages on your computer.

Why it fits

Image to Text (OCR)

Good to know: Download an OCR language first; copy text through a PDF viewer.

Google Lens

Website·Documents
Check plan conditions

Copy text from images or view translations of the text you see.

Why it fits

Image to Text (OCR)

Good to know: Available features may vary by device and access method.