Ocr software/list
Below is a listing of OCR software programs used by Distributed Proofreaders volunteers. Follow the links in the listing for more information about a program.
If for whatever reason you cannot use the above software (i.e. bugs, technical issues, financial situations etc.), below is a list of other software you may wish to consider using.
- NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2)
NAPS2 is a lightweight OCR and scanning application. You can batch scan and OCR files all in one application. Plus, the application download is only 2MB! Find out more about NAPS2 here.
- gImageReader
gImageReader is an open source GUI application that provides automatic and batch scanning of PDFs and images. It is powered by the Tesseract OCR engine. Find out more here.
- LIOS 3 (Linux Intelligent OCR Solution 3)
LIOS is a Linux only application that provides a GUI interface for OCR, like gImageReader. However, unlike the above software, it can run on Tesseract or Cuneiform. It also provides a GUI for training the OCR engine to recognise characters - very useful for DP projects. Find out more about LIOS here.