WatchOCR
The facts below are what the maker publishes about WatchOCR, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From WatchOCR's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| WatchOCR | Free | OCR server for PDFs · Free |
The facts
Each one read from WatchOCR's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Barcode feature
- Its barcode feature can rename files and place them in a directory structure based on barcode information.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The site offers a preconfigured LiveCD and Ubuntu .deb packages.checked 10 Oct 2026
- File upload
- Individual files can also be uploaded through the web interface for OCR processing.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Folder permissions
- Configured folder paths must be readable and writable by the www-data user.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Installation dependency
- Installing the listed .deb packages requires the Ubuntu lucid partner repository because sun-java6-jdk is not in the default repositories.checked 10 Oct 2026
- License
- The site says that unless otherwise specified, the software is under the GNU General Public License and may be copied, modified, and redistributed subject to the same license for recipients.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Network use
- The LiveCD provides a network shared folder that workstations can map using Windows Explorer.checked 10 Oct 2026
- OCR engines
- The site says WatchOCR uses Cuneiform and ExactImage.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Package status
- The download page lists Ubuntu .deb packages at v0.7.2 and says the web interface package is optional for remote administration.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- WatchOCR is a free OCR server for PDFs that converts image only PDFs and TIFFs into text searchable PDFs.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Release status
- The download page calls v0.8 an early beta that may have major bugs and says its LiveCD uses Knoppix 6.4.4.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Searchable PDF
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Supported inputs
- bothchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Watched folders
- The web interface can configure the server to monitor watched folders for newly scanned PDFs to convert.checked 10 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Primary platform
- bothchecked 22 Sep 2026
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