BEST OCR Software for MAC

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software allows a Mac to interpret and convert text characters rendered in a graphics format such as TIFF into editable text. We shall take a look at some of the OCR softwares in terms of; price, accuracy, format retention and output formats which are known to be the best OCR for Mac. We will review MAC OCR software’s like Nuance OmniPage, Abby Fine Reader, Readris 11 Pro and DEVONThink Pro.

Nuance OmniPage Professional X for Mac

OmniPage Pro X's accuracy negates retyping, saving time and increasing productivity. It lets you convert PDFs into your favorite formats or convert paper documents into PDF files. OmniPage now has improved formatting, table recognition. Price: OmniPage Professional X for Mac costs $499.99 Accuracy: The recognition engine reduces word errors by 40% Format Retention: The page formatter assists OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh to maintain page layouts and formats. All the design elements are preserved: photos, columns, tables, graphics and indents. Output Formats: It converts paper documents into fully searchable PDF files which are transferable across platforms. Output is available in; normal, normal with image substitutes, image only, and image on text. The WYSIWYG HTML output preserves the formatting of documents when converted to HTML.

ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac:

ABBYY's intelligent document recognition technology allows FineReader for Mac to quickly convert any scanned paper document, PDF files and digital camera images into editable and searchable formats while keeping the original layout and formatting in one piece. Price: ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac costs $99.99 Accuracy: It provides outstanding accuracy when converting a variety of document types into popular editable and searchable formats, such as RTF, XLS, HTML and searchable PDF. Format Retention: When analyzing a document, the application automatically detects three types of areas: text, image and table areas, which guarantee accurate layout retention. Output Formats: FineReader supports RTF, TXT, XLSPDF and HTML.

ReadIris 12 Pro

ReadIris 12 is a powerful OCR solution designed for professional users. It saves a significant amount of time converting any paper document, PDF, or image files into digital files. Price: ReadIris Pro 12 Mac costs $129.00 Accuracy: Due to ‘I.R.I.S.’ the revolutionary OCR technology, ReadIris™ 12 accurately and quickly turns your paper documents as well as image files into, searchable, editable and compressed files. Format Retention: The original documents layout is flawlessly retained in the output file. Output Formats: Along with JPEG, TIFF as well as PNG, ReadIris includes DOCX, ODT and XPS formats.

DevonThink:

Devon Technologies developed this Mac-only tool and its critical evaluation as an image converter is responsible for this program’s popularity. Devon recently expanded the document converter features by releasing an iOS version for our mobile devices. Price: DevonThink Pro for Mac costs $79.00 Accuracy: DevonThink Pro combines file organization, database management and OCR, which has given this application a more powerful learning arc. It achieves better accuracy for jpg to text results. Format Retention: The original documents layout is retained in the output file. Output Formats: JPEG, TIFF and BMP formats. DevonThink Pro for MAC also includes DOCx and PDF formats.

Conclusion

All the OCR software’s on MAC have their advantages and restrictions. However different users have to choose the best service based on their requirements, feasibility and the features it provides.