Free OCR PDF Scanner: Easily Convert PDFs to Editable Text

Last Updated: October 7, 2024
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Easily Extract Data From PDFs

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Docparser is an OCR PDF Scanner that uses OCR to extract data from PDF documents.

It allows you to convert 
PDF to Excel files, convert PDF to JSON, and even update cloud platforms through integrations.

What is an OCR scanner?

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that allows you to extract data from scanned documents resulting in a text which you can then edit, update, or aggregate with other tools for data analysis and a range of other uses.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR), is essentially the conversion of scanned images with text, be it typed, in print, or written by hand, into … well … text. Typically you see OCR used in extracting text information from photos, passports, and scanned documents. OCR is often used for “digitizing” recognized text, so it can be utilized later, edited, searched, aggregated for analysis, etc.

There are often many steps to OCR

Pre-processing happens to improve the possibility of having the text recognized in the process. De-skewing is one of the most used techniques, and layout analysis to target zones of the PDF is also important to consider when extracting text with a high degree of OCR accuracy. Additionally converting grey-scale and color to black and white allows the process to focus on just 2 options (Binarization), and increases the opportunity for successful extraction of the text, from the source.

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If you have PDFs with text, you need OCR data extraction from PDF documents, a subscription with Docparser leaves you in the driver seat.

Whether you are working to extract information from scanned PDF invoicespurchase orders, or looking to automate the receipt of payroll PDF’s for your bookkeeper, we’ve got you covered. We use the best OCR software available that currently supports 46 languages. An example of Japanese and English scanned PDF, with before and after parsing shown below:

OCR PDF Scanner - Parsing Rules

OCR PDF Scanner - Parser Rules

Current languages supported with our PDF OCR:

Languages SupportedLanguages Supported
EnglishIndonesian
AfrikaansItalian
AlbanianJapanese
BasqueKorean
Brazilian (Portuguese)Latin
BulgarianLatvian
ByelorussianLithuanian
CatalanMacedonian
Chinese SimplifiedMalay
Chinese TraditionalMoldavian
CroatianNorwegian
CzechPolish
DanishPortuguese
DutchRomanian
EsperantoRussian
EstonianSerbian
FinnishSlovak
FrenchSlovenian
GalicianSpanish
GermanSwedish
GreekTagalog
HungarianTurkish
IcelandicUkrainian

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