Screen OCR for Windows

User Reviews

• Couldn't install

  leastofthese232/19/2018

  Pros

  none, couldn't install.

  Cons

  couldn't install.

  Summary

  got error message on installation: "there is a problem with this windows installer package. a script required for this install to complete could not be run. contact your support personnel or package vendor."

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• Avoid at all costs.

  muddybunny11/28/2011

  Pros

  None to speak of.

  Cons

  I wanted to capture text from my forum without getting all the code that occurs when I copy it. This seemed to fit the requirement. I figured version 9.1 might have fixed some of the problems already mentioned. Big mistake. Wouldn't run. Tried to contact customer service - no reply. Now it won't uninstall!

  Summary

  So annoying, words fail me.

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• Super bad !!!

  6/29/2011

  Pros

  Nothing good to say

  Cons

  Cant do any OCR properly Impossible to uninstall !!!

  Summary

  This program should not be allowed !!!

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• Read text and formatting flawlessly from screen

  buchos4004/7/2011

  Pros

  Simple selection tool does not require and file to be created and opened. Recognises layout columns and converts to plain text. Recognises slashes in dates.

  Cons

  Appends pointless help tips to all your pasted text while the software is running. (I assume these disappear when registered)

  Summary

  March 7th 2011. I'm using this to read text from some older business software and SAP logistics pages (both of which have sections of text that cannot be copied from, only viewed on screen) I need to transfer the info into a messaging system that only accepts plain text. The software has to deal with grey backgounds, different coloured text and dates/numbers in several formats. Having tested other OCR programs, all had real problems with the formatting and most lost the columns, with screen OCR I find the text layout almost identical to the screen image and totally legible and it seems to ignore the background. Highly recommended.

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• Doesn't work - Doesn't Uninstall

  TubesThousand12/1/2010

  Pros

  21day trial period is 20 days longer than you need to realize this product doesn't work

  Cons

  Didn't work on even things I could just copy and paste like a MS Word document, couldn't uninstall

  Summary

  I'll be glad when Microsoft bundles some sort of free OCR tool with an OS and I won't have to deal with software like this.

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• Did exactly what I needed

  dabuttminster5/14/2010

  Pros

  - Accurately copies numbers from a picture - Easy to use

  Cons

  - May not do what YOU need, based on other reviews here

  Summary

  I just needed a way to copy a number from a program that displays a measurement value as an image. I don't have any evidence to refute all the negative reviews here, but this program does what I needed perfectly. I will be registering a copy.

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• didn't work

  babbymd12/30/2009

  Pros

  quick download

  Cons

  didn't work at all for the scanned document i was trying to copy.

  Summary

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• Works for what I needed

  djstroky11/5/2009

  Pros

  This works really well on plain text. Select from window seemed to work best.

  Cons

  Doesn't work on everything.

  Summary

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• Misleading Name

  pcpro179/4/2008

  Pros

  None. Nothing.

  Cons

  It can't read PDFs.

  Summary

  Optical Character Recognition (OCR) implies that the tools takes whatever is on the screen, a bit-map image for example, and intelligibly interprets the characters as true OCR software would do.

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• It would be nice IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS !!!

  JesseThe8/13/2008

  Pros

  There are NO positives here. Crude grammar errors, like in the menu "NO THIS MENU", which most likely should be "noT this menu"

  Cons

  Does not work!!!

  Summary

  Could have more visual explanation. One has to guess what the help says. Being a programmer I can find out what the helps may imply. However, IT DOES NOT WROK. Produces jumbled text. NOT a real OCR.

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