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SimpleOCR

SimpleOCR - 3.5

convert document images to text/word

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 3.5
Release Date: 2007-11-23
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 991
Downloads (all versions): 2,786

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Product Description:

Convert your scanned images to text files or Word documents with SimpleOCR--the only OCR (Optical Character Recognition) application that is completly free. SimpleOCR is also a royalty-free developer toolkit (aka SDK or API) that you may use to add OCR to your custom software application. SimpleOCR features include TWAIN scanning, ability to manually specify text and image zones, English, French and Dutch dictionaries, interactive correction with suggestions from dictionary, output to plain text or RTF (MS Word) formats and more. It provides all of the most commonly used OCR features and competitive recognition rates for many types of documents. If you just need to convert a few documents to text to save retyping, SimpleOCR will save you hours of time without the $75-$700 cost. Developers can use the SimpleOCR API to add OCR capabilities to their custom software. If your application deals with document images, SimpleOCR will let you add full-text searching or automate the indexing process with zone OCR. SimpleOCR SDK is royalty-free, so it won't increase the per-license cost of your software. You won't find that deal anywhere else! A 15-day demo of Charactell's Softwriting handprint recognition engine is also included. Machine print recognition has no limitations or advertisements.

What's new in this version:

  • adds many important new features to the SimpleOCR engine

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 98

Additional Requirements:

  • Windows NT 4 SP 6
  • Windows 2003 SP 1
  • Windows XP AMD 64-bit
  • Windows XP 64-bit SP 1
  • Windows NT 4 SP 2
  • Windows 2000 SP 1
  • Windows 2003 64-bit
  • Windows 2003 AMD 64-bit
  • Windows XP 64-bit SP 2
  • Windows NT 4 SP 3
  • Windows 2000 SP 2
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 R2
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 2003 64-bit SP 1
  • Windows Vista AMD 64-bit
  • Windows XP Itanium 64-bit
  • Windows NT 4 SP 4
  • Windows 2000 SP 3
  • Windows NT 4
  • Windows XP 32-bit
  • Windows XP SP 1
  • Windows Server 2003 x86 R2
  • Windows ME
  • Windows 2003 Itanium 64-bit
  • Windows NT 4 SP 5
  • Windows 2000 SP 4
  • Windows Vista 32-bit
  • Windows XP 64-bit
  • Windows NT 4 SP 1
  • Windows Server 2008 x64
  • Windows NT 3
  • Windows Server 2008 x86
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows Vista Itanium 64-bit
  • Windows XP Itanium 64-bit SP 1
  • Windows 2003 32-bit
  • Windows XP Itanium 64-bit SP 2
  • Windows XP SP 2
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 2003 Itanium 64-bit SP 1
  • Windows XP Pro

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SimpleOCR Reviewlimited but free - Version: 3.1, 8/16/2006 09:01AM PST

windows_user--2008
Pros: Price (it's free!). Does what it says (looks at pictures/scanned docs and tries to convert them to text - emphasis on the try part).

Cons: Limited options, nagware, very poor accuracy. In fact, it requires so many corrections that it is probably faster just to enter the document by hand in many cases.

I downloaded this freeware app to test it, and unfortunately I was not very impressed. Installation went fine and the app launched okay. It was pretty easy to use (no surprise, given its limited options), but the accuracy was very poor. I gave it a very easy document: a professionally scanned page of an academic journal at a good resolution in a standard font. Unfortunately, even with such an easy file, SimpleOCR still made mistakes on around 20-30% of the words. Honestly, I could have just typed in the page faster than it took to correct everything that SimpleOCR missed. However, I'll still give it a couple stars because it's free.
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