Capture2Text
6.0#38 in ocr softwareFree planFree planWindows
VisitCapture2Text vs Tesseract OCR
Tesseract OCR
7.9#2 in ocr softwareFree planFree planAndroidAPILinuxmacOS
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Capture2Text | Tesseract OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | The manual lists more than 90 supported OCR languages; English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish are included by default. | The project says Tesseract supports UTF-8 and recognizes more than 100 languages out of the box. |
| License | The project is free and licensed under the GNU General Public License; SourceForge specifies GPLv3. | The code is licensed under Apache License 2.0 and is provided without warranties under the license terms. |
| Primary platform | desktop | desktop |
| Supported inputs | image | image |
Capture2Text plans
- FreeFree
Tesseract OCR plans
- Tesseract OCRFree
Pick Capture2Text if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Tesseract OCR if…
Tesseract OCR suits developers building image-text recognition into applications, as well as desktop users who need searchable PDFs. It is not suited to handwriting OCR.