PDF OCR X Community Edition for Mac

Name: PDF OCR X Community Edition
Rating: 2.8 (34 reviews)
Author: Web Lite Solutions

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Key Details of PDF OCR X Community Edition

Convert PDFs and images to text via OCR.
Last updated on October 15, 2019
There have been 2 updates
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Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffOctober 15, 2019

PDF OCR X Community Edition for Mac converts PDFs and images into text or searchable PDF documents. It works with both PDFs generated from a document and scanned PDFs. The application's basic interface couldn't be easier to use, and it worked like a charm in our tests; but this version of the app limits you to one-page conversions.

The main interface of PDF OCR X consists of a small, unassuming window where PDF files can be dragged and dropped. Files can also be manually selected from a Finder window via a drop-down menu. Once moved into the program, an additional menu comes up where users can select from a number of input and output settings. These include preferred language, the number of columns, and different text wrapping types. Clicking a well-labeled convert button initiates the process, which completes quickly. The output file is automatically loaded for review and can then be saved or discarded easily. The tested PDF converted to text well, without any transcription errors. The community version of the program only supports one page PDFs, though, which is a frustrating limitation.

PDF OCR X Community Edition for Mac functions well and offers an easy-to-use solution for users looking for an application that can create searchable one-page documents from PDFs or for those who need to quickly extract text from an image.

What’s new in version 3.0.28

Fixed issue with blank output in some PDFs with transparent backgrounds.

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GENERAL

Release: October 14, 2019

Latest update: October 15, 2019

Version: 3.0.28

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System: Mac OS X

Additional Requirements

macOS Catalina
macOS Mojave
macOS High Sierra
macOS Sierra
OS X El Capitan
OS X Yosemite
OS X Mavericks
OS X Mountain Lion

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Total Downloads: 96,191

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

2.8/5

34 User Votes

Completely useless download
stugaftonJuly 16, 2015
Pros
It opens files ( but does no useful work)
Cons
The app does nothing but ask you to buy something better
Summary
Worthless
Sneaky Spamware / Free version useless
January 23, 2015
Pros
Very easy to find on Download.com
Cons
Sneaky installation for bloatware. Free version is useless. DO NOT download this software.
Summary
"nhtnlned by cnnlacting"
October 24, 2014
Pros
It recognizes a lot of words. If we were judging this as a batting average of hits versus strikeouts, it would be the all-time baseball batting average leader. Unfortunately getting 2/3 or even 9/10 of the words right isn't good enough for OCR.
Cons
Can't recognize numbers, even in Times, which is considered to be among the most legible fonts in the world. Only crappily OCR's one page at a time.
Summary
Lame. This wasted time I couldn't afford to waste. Thanks for trying, but next time include in the description that this is a prototype that isn't road-ready.
Pretty Crappy
Joyce781October 3, 2013
Pros
It DOES do OCR.
Cons
The output is searchable, but if you select text and paste it into something else, you'll find that the text has no spaces separating the words, and all the W's are capitalized. It can't recognize a slash mark to save its life. Also, instead of just converting the text into one font, it produces the text in all types and sizes of fonts. Curable (by pasting as plain text), but seriously, what's up with that?
Summary
Adobe is still the gold standard, and nothing else comes close.
accurate but slow; only does 1st page
fribbleApril 12, 2013
Pros
free, good for simple pdfs with blocks of text and no tabbed columns
Cons
not fast; community edition only does the first page; not good for complex structured pdfs, doesn't put in tabs between columns (doesn't keep columns either)
Summary
a freeby for single page simple pdfs - but if that's all you want then use a pdf reader like Skim
Garbage. Don't pay for it.
MelnicoveFebruary 8, 2013
Pros
I'll let you know.
Cons
Copy and Paste did a better job.
Summary
I'll consider it a bad investment. You've been warned.
Only one page unless you pay
nrkmann--2008December 10, 2012
Pros
Converted all text.
Cons
No formatting, jut text leaving everything to be formatted. Just as well re-type the information.
Summary
Barely qualifies as trialware. Just an advertisement.
jakerome1November 30, 2012
Pros
I have no idea. Scanned one page of a document, and that page had no text.
Cons
Bait & switch, it's a extremely large advertisement for their pay edition. Barely qualifies as trialware, just a waste of time.
Summary
Amazing FREE OCR Program
MacBook_Pro_DemiGodSeptember 30, 2012
Pros
It's FREE and does a great job. Only lets you do one page but again, it's FREE! Gets 99% of the text!
Cons
Nothing really. Not even the $30 upgrade price to the full version! Well worth it!
Summary
It does the job it needs to do. It does only do one page but it does a great job! Picks up 99% of all the text and then some. Worth the extra $30 to get multiple page PDF's. Great investment! Highly recommended!
$30 for the full version
zunipusAugust 13, 2012
Pros
Nice features. Inexpensive.
Cons
Some people consider this 'crippleware', which is sort of correct. I think of the free version as really the DEMO version. Pay for it and you get the full set of features.
Summary
The full version is $30. I don't understand why that fact can't be listed here. So there you are. I like it. The $30 cost for it's full OCR features is reasonable. If you need it, buy it!

Developer’s Description

By Web Lite Solutions

Convert PDFs and images to text via OCR.

PDF OCR X is a simple drag-and-drop utility for Mac OS X, that converts your PDFs and images into text or searchable PDF documents. It uses advanced OCR (optical character recognition) technology to extract the text of the PDF (or image) even if that text is contained in an image. This is particularly useful for dealing with PDFs and images that were created via a Scan-to-PDF function in a scanner or photo copier. Supports over 60 languages for OCR. The OCR engine is based on Tesseract. The Community Edition supports single page PDFs (or the first page of multi-page PDFs). For multi-page PDF support you should upgrade to the Enterprise Edition.

PDF OCR X Community Edition for Mac

Key Details of PDF OCR X Community Edition

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User Reviews

Completely useless download

Sneaky Spamware / Free version useless

"nhtnlned by cnnlacting"

Pretty Crappy

accurate but slow; only does 1st page

Garbage. Don't pay for it.

Only one page unless you pay

Barely qualifies as trialware. Just an advertisement.

Amazing FREE OCR Program

$30 for the full version

Developer’s Description