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PDF OCR X for Mac

Convert PDFs into text documents.

$29.99
In English
Version 3.0.34
3.3
Based on 37 user rates

PDF OCR X overview

PDF OCR X is a simple drag-and-drop utility that converts your PDFs into text or searchable PDF documents. It uses advanced OCR (optical character recognition) technology to extract the text of the PDF even if that text is contained in an image. This is particularly useful for dealing with PDFs that were created via a Scan-to-PDF function in a scanner or photocopier. Supports over 60 languages including English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Basque, Vietnamese, and Italian currently. The OCR engine is based on Tesseract.

Note: The free community edition is limited to PDFs of 1 page or less. The Enterprise version ($29.99) has no limit on the size of the PDF.

What’s new in version 3.0.34

Version 3.0.34:
  • Fixed issue with downloading language packs

PDF OCR X for Mac

$29.99
In English
Version 3.0.34
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3.3

(62 Reviews of PDF OCR X)

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Pieter-Van-Broekhoven
Pieter-Van-Broekhoven
Dec 29 2019
3.0.28
5.0
Dec 29 2019
5.0
Version: 3.0.28
Own both Readiris and Abby fine reader, both cannot process German Fraktur, Abby charges a lot of money extra for a special Fraktur version. This app did a great job and more over the accuracy was above i expected. I used the free version, original document was 600dpi tiff file for each page, so no problem with the free version single page limit. Every page imported, recognized and exported to txt, hardly errors with Fraktur. Software is very straightforward.
Scion777
Scion777
Oct 11 2019
3.0.27
0.0
Oct 11 2019
0.0
Version: 3.0.27
NOT freeware, MacUpdate Admins!!!!! The 'demo' is free for a couple of examples only.
macoszon
macoszon
Jul 11 2019
3.0.25
4.0
Jul 11 2019
4.0
Version: 3.0.25
I use it from last 1 month it give me best result. There are many free ocr software availabe in market but i think its better. i find it reviews from https://www.macoszon.com/ocr-software-for-mac/ you can also check others.
m-globexfoods
m-globexfoods
Feb 27 2019
3.0.10
1.0
Feb 27 2019
1.0
Version: 3.0.10
Restricting the free version to edit only one page of the document makes this application useless for me.
Foulger
Foulger
Aug 23 2016
2.0.20
5.0
Aug 23 2016
5.0
Version: 2.0.20
Not very often I need OCR. I had 4 docs in small font that I needed to convert. I scanned to pdf, dropped them into the app and they all gave a highly workable text file even in low res. Does what it says and does it well. Why spend money on an app especially if its only used once in a blue moon?
Pieter-Van-Broekhoven
Pieter-Van-Broekhoven
Dec 29 2019
5.0
Dec 29 2019
5.0
Version: null
macoszon
macoszon
Jul 11 2019
4.0
Jul 11 2019
4.0
Version: null
m-globexfoods
m-globexfoods
Feb 27 2019
1.0
Feb 27 2019
1.0
Version: null
eduardopsj
eduardopsj
Jan 12 2017
2.5
Jan 12 2017
2.5
Version: null
Foulger
Foulger
Aug 23 2016
5.0
Aug 23 2016
5.0
Version: null
Charles-Miller
Charles-Miller
Nov 4 2015
4.0
Nov 4 2015
4.0
Version: null
Leono
Leono
Apr 8 2015
4.0
Apr 8 2015
4.0
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Darren-Nichols
Darren-Nichols
Sep 16 2014
2.5
Sep 16 2014
2.5
Version: null
Doncolore
Doncolore
Jul 16 2014
5.0
Jul 16 2014
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-skink-4656
anonymous-skink-4656
Feb 10 2014
1.5
Feb 10 2014
1.5
Version: null
Appledogx
Appledogx
Nov 19 2013
2.0
Nov 19 2013
2.0
Version: null
SchwarzL6795
SchwarzL6795
Nov 6 2013
4.0
Nov 6 2013
4.0
Version: null
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 24 2013
1.0
Oct 24 2013
1.0
Version: null
DonAndrews8059
DonAndrews8059
Sep 10 2013
5.0
Sep 10 2013
5.0
Version: null
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Jul 30 2013
5.0
Version: null
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Jul 5 2013
5.0
Version: null
JoeAnucha
JoeAnucha
Feb 7 2013
5.0
Feb 7 2013
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-swan-6206
anonymous-swan-6206
Jan 16 2013
1.0
Jan 16 2013
1.0
Version: null
anonymous-dragon-6507
Sep 6 2012
1.0
Version: null
Bmonno
Bmonno
Jul 6 2012
5.0
Jul 6 2012
5.0
Version: null
Reddog99
Reddog99
May 29 2012
3.5
May 29 2012
3.5
Version: null
Morgan-Alex
Morgan-Alex
Mar 25 2012
4.0
Mar 25 2012
4.0
Version: null
Quiiick
Quiiick
Mar 24 2012
0.5
Mar 24 2012
0.5
Version: null
bkir016
bkir016
Jan 20 2012
3.0
Jan 20 2012
3.0
Version: null
brightonpete
brightonpete
Dec 6 2011
5.0
Dec 6 2011
5.0
Version: null
THE-GIZZLE
THE-GIZZLE
Sep 18 2011
4.5
Sep 18 2011
4.5
Version: null
Wikno
Wikno
Sep 8 2011
4.0
Sep 8 2011
4.0
Version: null
Vossman77
Vossman77
Jul 30 2011
2.0
Jul 30 2011
2.0
Version: null
Bob Jacobson
Bob Jacobson
Jul 5 2011
4.5
Jul 5 2011
4.5
Version: null
Johan-Jarmander
Johan-Jarmander
Feb 10 2011
4.0
Feb 10 2011
4.0
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Mrarlen
Mrarlen
Feb 4 2011
3.5
Feb 4 2011
3.5
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Rahn
Rahn
Dec 21 2010
2.0
Dec 21 2010
2.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Dec 18 2010
5.0
Dec 18 2010
5.0
Version: null
Cheesy-Brit
Cheesy-Brit
Oct 24 2010
1.0
Oct 24 2010
1.0
Version: null
Oregonpete
Oregonpete
May 16 2010
4.0
May 16 2010
4.0
Version: null
Mickangel
Mickangel
Mar 5 2010
1.0
Mar 5 2010
1.0
Version: null
Gregm
Gregm
Feb 25 2010
1.0
Feb 25 2010
1.0
Version: null