PDFs are commonplace in most work environments. They’re typically small in size, secure, and compatible with most devices, irrespective of their operating systems. However, not everything about PDFs ...

Have you ever received a scanned PDF and wished you could edit it as convenient as a regular MS Word file? We’ve all been there. That’s where Optical Character Recognition (OCR) comes in –the ...

In the fast-paced digital era, imagine OCR PDF editors as the tech wizards of the document realm. These special tools work their magic to transform regular PDFs into something extraordinary. They ...

Since I started using a document scanner about seven years ago, I’ve scanned many thousands of pages and used OCR (optical character recognition) software to convert those scans into searchable PDFs.

Readiris Corporate 12 ($399 direct) converts documents from scanned images into standard file formats with the least fuss (and the fewest options) of any major OCR program. In corporate and other high ...

Why upgrade to ABBYY FineReader 11 ($279.99 direct; Professional Edition $118.99)? After all, your scanner probably came with an optical character recognition (OCR) app on a CD, and that app is ...

PDFpen Scan+ does a great job of recognizing the text in your documents, including documents written in 18 different languages. PDFpen Scan+ is a document scanning and optical character recognition ...