OCR App

Are the scanned documents in PDF, or image format now? There are OCR applications that specialize in converting scanned PDF into Word documents, and there are other OCR that work on images and extract the text from those. There are several of these in the Mac App Store that are free to install. Some have in-App purchases, or quantity conversions per month before limit reached and subscription necessary for larger volume.

Search OCR in Mac App Store.

Hi Larry,

"ocr" in the search box at top right in the (Mac) App store front page brought up a full page of 90 apps, most of them OCR, and the majority free, or free with in app purchases.

Not many ratings, though.

Regards,

Barry

Determine if your goal can be achieved without the in-app purchases. Also, check the respective Mac App Store support link back to the developer's website for additional documentation, or respective application trialware.

I would start with the results of searching for OCR in the Mac App Store, and then choose the free applications with the highest star ratings, and the end result that you seek in their description of what the product can do. There is a link to the developer's website for these applications, and you should pursue functionality issues with them.

I was hoping the OP would act on my search OCR line in my last post… a reasonably good 🧭 to those plentiful, OCR apps that you mention.

OCR applications do not work on Pages documents. They work on scanned images containing legible text though.

Will HP OCR work on existing PDF files, instead of being tied to an HP scanner?

No OCR is perfect but I do get good results with PDFPenPro. It's not inexpensive, even the non-pro version is $50 but there is a trial you can download from the developer, Smile Software.