Best OCR Software 2026

ChronoScan runs on Windows or through an API to create searchable PDFs and export Word files.

Free Linux and web server that makes scanned PDFs and TIFF files searchable.

Asprise OCR SDK extracts text and barcodes from images and scans, preserving layouts and exporting several formats.

Captika runs on Windows to capture documents, extract and validate data, and publish results to other systems.

Easy Screen OCR runs on macOS, captures part of the screen and extracts editable text from images.

OOCR is a web OCR tool with handwriting recognition, searchable PDFs and support for 50 languages.

Capture2Text runs on Windows and uses keyboard shortcuts to OCR screen areas and copy text to the clipboard.

SimpleOCR is free Windows OCR software for image and document text, without handwriting recognition.

TextSnatcher is free Linux desktop software that extracts text from images.

VietOCR is a Linux and self-hosted library for handwritten and printed Vietnamese OCR.

OpenBook runs on Windows, handles image and document inputs, and exports recognized text to Word.