FreeOCR
FreeOCR is a free Optical Character Recognition Software for Windows and supports scanning from most Twain scanners and can also open most scanned PDF's and multi-page Tiff images as well as popular image file formats. FreeOCR outputs plain text and can export directly to Microsoft Word format. Free OCR uses the latest Tesseract (v3.01) OCR engine. It includes a Windows installer and It is very simple to use and supports opening multi-page tiff documents, Adobe PDF, and fax documents as well as most image types including compressed Tiff's which the Tesseract engine on its own cannot read.It now can scan using Twain and WIA scanning drivers. FreeOCR V4 includes Tesseract V3 which increases accuracy and has page layout analysis so more accurate results can be achieved without using the zone selection tool. As well as OCR FreeOCR can scan and save images as JPG and we are currently working on a "Scan to PDF" capability with the option to save as searchable PDF.
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Pocket Scanner
Pocket Scanner turns your iPhone or iPad into a portable document scanner for efficient document management. It allows you to create JPEG scans, write captions and add texts to photos, and convert your documents, notes, whiteboards, and receipts to multi-page PDFs. Pocket Scanner is the practical and professional choice for scanning, viewing, editing, and managing documents. Lighten your back and eliminate the stress of lost documents. Efficient file management with scan projects for all kinds of materials and themes. Advanced image processing: Crop, instant brightness, rotation, and color adjustment. Upload, view, and manage files directly from your browser. Send file links via emails or personal social networks. Send download links from the web with password protection. Supports file transfers in the background.
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Adobe Scan
Adobe Scan is free to download and turns your mobile device into a powerful scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to create, save, and organize your paper documents as a digital file. Scan anything — receipts, notes, ID cards, recipes, photos, business cards, whiteboards — and turn them into PDF or JPEG files you can work with on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Scan any document and convert to PDF or photo. Save and organize your important documents so they are easy to find. Scan anything with precision with this mobile PDF scanner. Whether it’s a PDF or photo scan, you can preview, reorder, crop, rotate, resize, and adjust color. Remove and edit imperfections, erase stains, marks, creases, even handwriting. Capture forms, receipts, notes, ID cards, health documents, and business cards and organize into custom folders so they are easy to access and find.
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FP Scanner
FP scanner is the best free document scanner app for iPhone, iPad. It can batch scan documents to pdf and recognizes text in all languages automatically. FP scanner is the top and easy to use App of its kind, which can help you save a lot of money. It is tiny yet powerful, and there is no need to pay. It is committed to becoming the best scanner for your IPhone. Whether it is PPT courseware, company documents transcription, paper books, shopping receipts, photo translation text, ID card recognition and so on, FP Scanner can accurately and efficiently extract all of the text for you. Excellent image processing engine, remove cluttered backgrounds automatically, and generate PDF files comparable to scanners. Automatic segmentation of recognition results, free editing and selection, can be copied to a variety of APP for use.
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