SimpleOCR
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SimpleOCR, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SimpleOCR's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleOCR Freeware | Free | No license restrictions; free for commercial and non-commercial use; redistribution allowed only in original, unaltered form |
The facts
Each one read from SimpleOCR's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accuracy claim
- The maker says SimpleOCR can be up to 99% accurate.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Handwriting OCR
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Legacy status
- The download page describes SimpleOCR Classic as the original legacy freeware app with basic scanning, OCR, and text editing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says website comments may include the visitor's IP address and browser user-agent string for spam detection.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SimpleOCR converts printed paper documents or images into editable digital text using optical character recognition.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Recognition limits
- The maker cautions that free and open-source OCR engines like SimpleOCR may not work well with multi-column layouts, non-standard fonts, tables, poor-quality images, or digital-camera images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scanning
- SimpleOCR works with scanners that have a TWAIN driver.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SDK
- A separate royalty-free SimpleOCR SDK is offered for developers to add basic OCR functions to custom applications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SDK functions
- The SDK page lists template matching, character-set selection, automatic image rotation, noise removal, and recognized-word coordinates among its features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SDK image support
- The SDK supports image manipulation, TIFF image input/output, and image acquisition from TWAIN-compliant scanners.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SDK integrations
- The SDK page says wrapper DLLs and sample code are provided for ActiveX and .NET integration.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers access to OCR specialists and invites users to contact its team for help with OCR projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported inputs
- imagechecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Cost
- The SimpleOCR freeware is free for commercial and non-commercial purposes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The site identifies Meta Enterprises, LLC in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the company behind the site.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Primary platform
- desktopchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Windows support
- The maker says SimpleOCR works on Windows versions from Windows 95 through Windows 10 and beyond.checked 11 Oct 2026
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