Identifying the text in a scanned document

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#1

Hi all,

I know this is totally off-topic, but I didn’t wanna put it in the chat thread as it might pass unnoticed.

I’m curious if you’re familiar with any type of software which identifies the text in a scanned document. Many years ago, I used an application called Abbyy FineReader - but that was long ago, and I wouldn’t know what else was developed in the area.

Strangely Google didn’t return as many results as I expected (maybe I didn’t use the right key words for the search). I’m gonna test a couple, but just wanted to double check if anybody here would have sth to recommend from experience.

#2

Abbyy FineReader is one of the best software for OCR.

#3

Thanks.

Well then, if it’s still the best one out there, I’ll just go with it and look no further. :slight_smile:

#4

I’ve also used FineReader and it works fine.
If you are still interested you may check this Wikipedia article, it lists several other programs.