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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2015.009.20079

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Adobe's professional PDF authoring and management tool

705 votes

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- PROS: Edit, manage and publish PDF documents, Lots of powerful PDF editing features, OCR scanning of documents
- CONS: Can be slow to start, Lengthy installation process
PaperScan Free Edition 1.5.5

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Scan your documents with PaperScan Free Edition

126 votes

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- PROS: Supports wide range of scanners, OCR feature, Useful editing tools,
- CONS: Limited features compared to paid versions,
Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.3

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PDF Reader on a Subscription basis

44 votes
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- Adobe Acrobat for Windows
- Adobe Acrobat for Mac
- PROS: The most widely used PDF reader in the world Adobe Acrobat has advanced features and superior support, Subscription model means you will always have the most up to date version without additional expense,
- CONS: Some people prefer to pay one time fees for software instead of the recurring cost of software as a service,
MeOCR Image To Text Converter 1

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MeOCR 1.0 converts your scanned documents to editable text documents using OCR and exports them to Microsoft Word.

43 votes

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Soda PDF 8

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Windows

Complete PDF editor and creator with OCR

118 votes

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- PROS: Create PDFs from a variety of sources, Nice advanced functions, Batch conversion, Excellent OCR options
- CONS: Very long installation process, OCR plug-in is a separate download
Readiris Pro 15.2

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Powerful OCR software for PCs

108 votes

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- PROS: Excellent at preserving formatting, Packed with features, Easy to publish documents to Web, Good text accuracy
- CONS: Text accuracy may not be as good as competing apps, Many features won't be needed by most users
VueScan 64 Bit 9.4.31

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User friendly scanning interface

65 votes
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- VueScan for Windows
- VueScan for Mac
- PROS: Simple to install and use, Very lightweight, Supports virtually all scanners
- CONS: Very thin on features, Doesn't make saving scans easy
Wondershare PDF Converter Pro 4.1.0

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Wondershare PDF Converter Pro

28 votes
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- Wondershare PDF Converter Pro for Windows
- Wondershare PDF Converter Pro for Mac
ABBYY FineReader Express 8.0.0.3948

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Mac

Accurate multilingual OCR software for Macs

26 votes

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- PROS: Very accurate, Scans lots of languages, Exports to PDF,
- CONS: Interface is quite basic, Formatting issues
Scanitto Pro 3.12

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Windows

An efficient scanning suite with great functionality OCR and searchable PDFs

14 votes

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Text Fairy (OCR Text Scanner) varies-with-device

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Android

A free Productivity app for Android

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Readiris Pro 12.0.5

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Powerful OCR software for Macs

7 votes

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- PROS: Excellent at preserving formatting, Packed with features, Easy to publish documents to Web, Good text accuracy
- CONS: Text accuracy may not be as good as competing apps, Many features won't be needed by most users
Aiseesoft PDF to Excel Converter 3.3.6

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Windows

Convert PDF to Excel(.xlsx) with OCR in batch conversion mode

1 vote

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DigitEyeOCR 1.1

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Mac

Free OCR software for Mac

9 votes

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- PROS: Free to use,
- CONS: No .deo file is created by the program, Unable to view results of scan, Only recognizes BMP and GIF images
Prizmo 2.0.1

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Mac

Use your digital camera as an OCR scanner

9 votes

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- PROS: Easy to use, Supports drag-and-drop, OCR scanning function
- CONS: OCR is not always reliable, Dragging text points can be awkward
Text Fairy (OCR Text Scanner) Varies with device

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Android

A free program for android, by Renard Wellnitz

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Boxoft Screen OCR

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Windows

Capture screen text and convert to text files

1 vote

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PDFpen 6.0.5

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Mac

Edit your PDF files with a pen

3 votes

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- PROS: Allows you to edit a document with pen, Allows you to add real signatures to documents, Supports OCR
- CONS: Difficult to write with mouse, Doesn't support pen pads
Scan To PDF Network Scanner OCR Solution 4.1.4.0

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Create searchable PDFs from network scanner

4 votes

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ORPALIS PDF OCR 1.0.1

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ORPALIS PDF OCR is designed for all users

2 votes

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