About

(a9t9) Free OCR Software is a proprietary OCR software and web service originating from Germany, specializing in extracting text from image files and PDF documents. Its comprehensive product portfolio includes an online OCR web app, a robust OCR API, and a simple-to-install Windows store application, offering features such as general OCR, PDF OCR, document scanning, and converting PDFs to Word documents. The service operates on a freemium model, allowing free usage for small files, with a monthly fee of $60 for processing larger files. It is highly regarded for its quality and accuracy, with users noting its superior performance compared to Tesseract and similar programs, positioning it as a leading tool in the text recognition market, though GImageReader is mentioned as an alternative with potentially better screen layout. The platform is accessible online and on Windows, and its API allows for automated processing.