Best OCR Software 2026

WatchOCR is a Linux and web server that turns scanned files into PDFs with searchable text.

ChronoScan is Windows OCR software with API support and searchable PDF and Word export.

Asprise OCR SDK extracts text and barcodes from images and scanned documents for software applications.

Captika is Windows software that uses OCR and AI to capture documents, validate data, and publish results.

Kraken is an open-source text recognition system for Linux and macOS, with handwriting OCR.

Easy Screen OCR is macOS software for turning screen captures and image files into text.

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

Transym TOCR is Windows OCR software with searchable PDF output.

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

SimpleOCR is free Windows OCR software with no handwriting recognition.

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

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

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