Tesseract OCR
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VisitTesseract OCR vs WatchOCR
What both publish
| Fact | Tesseract OCR | WatchOCR |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The code is licensed under Apache License 2.0 and is provided without warranties under the license terms. | 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. |
| Primary platform | desktop | both |
| Purpose | Tesseract is an OCR engine and command-line program for extracting printed text from images. | WatchOCR is a free OCR server for PDFs that converts image only PDFs and TIFFs into text searchable PDFs. |
| Searchable PDF | Yes | Yes |
| Supported inputs | image | both |
Tesseract OCR plans
- Tesseract OCRFree
WatchOCR plans
- WatchOCRFree
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.
Pick WatchOCR if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.