Top 10 scanning software. The best programs for scanning documents to PDF. Main functionality of the software

Probably, everyone is familiar with the situation when a scan of a document, for example, the pages of a book, needs to be converted into printed text. There are special programs for this, but most of them are very few people know. Everyone knows, perhaps, only ABBYY FineReader. Indeed, FineReader is beyond competition. This is the best program for scanning and OCR in Russian, but it is available exclusively in paid versions and is very expensive. How many are ready to pay almost 7,000 rubles for the most budget license if they are going to process one or two books a year?

If you consider the purchase of an expensive commercial product unjustified, why not use analogues, among which there are free ones? Yes, they are not so rich in functions, but they cope quite successfully with many tasks that, according to many, only FineReader is “too tough”. So let's take a look at a few alternatives available. And at the same time, let's see how they differ from the generally accepted standard.

To compare other programs with ABBYY FineReader, let's find out why it is so good. Here is a list of its main features:

Working with photographs, scans and paper documents.
Editing the content of pdf files - text, individual blocks, interactive elements and more.
Convert pdf to Microsoft Word format and vice versa. Create pdf files from any text documents.
Compare the contents of documents in 35 languages, such as scanned paper and electronic (not in all editions).
Recognition and conversion of scanned texts, tables, mathematical formulas.
Automatic execution of routine operations (not in all editions).
Support for 192 national alphabets.
Check spelling of recognized text in Russian, Ukrainian and 46 other languages.
Support for 10 graphic and 10 text input file formats, not counting pdf.
Saving files in graphic and text formats, as well as in the form of e-books EPUB and FB2.
Reading barcodes.
Interface in 20 languages, including Russian and Ukrainian.
Support for most existing scanner models.

The capabilities of the program are great, but for home users who do not process documents in industrial volumes, they are redundant. However, for those who need to recognize only a few pages, ABBYY provides services for free - through the FineReaderOnline web service. After registration, processing of 10 pages of scanned or photographed text is available, in the future - 5 pages per month. More - for a fee.

The cost of the most inexpensive FineReader license for installation on a computer is 6990 rubles (Standard version).

A tiny and extremely simple free utility, of course, is not able to compete with the monster, but it solves the main task - the recognition of scanned text, as it should be. Moreover, for this it does not even require installation on a PC (portable). And it is controlled by only three buttons.

To recognize text using WinScan2PDF, click "Select source" and select the connected scanner (the program, unfortunately, does not work with ready-made files). Place a document in the scanner and click "Scan". If you want to cancel the operation, click Cancel. That's all the instructions.

The utility supports 23 languages, including Russian, and works with multi-page files. The finished result is saved in pdf format, the scanned document is saved in jpg.

Web service Free-OCR.com

Free-OCR.com (OCR - Optical character recognition, optical character recognition) is a free Internet service for recognizing scanned or photographed texts saved in graphic image format (jpg, gif, tiff, bmp) or pdf. Supports 29 languages, including Russian and Ukrainian, and the user can choose not one, but several, if the source text contains them.

Free-OCR does not require registration and does not have any restrictions on the number of documents uploaded. Only the file size is limited - up to 6 Mb. The service does not process multi-page documents, more precisely, it ignores everything except the first sheet.

The speed of recognition of scanned text is quite high. An A4 sheet with a fragment of a book in Russian was processed in about 5 seconds, but the quality was not pleasing. Large fonts - like in children's books, he recognizes by 100%, and medium and small - by about 80%. With English-language documents, things are somewhat better - small and low-contrast font was recognized correctly by about 95%.

Free Online OCR Web Service

- another free web service, very similar to the previous one, but with extended functionality. He:

Supports 106 languages.
Handles multi-page documents, including those in multiple languages.
Recognizes texts on scans and photo documents of many types. In addition to 10 graphic image formats, it handles pdf, djvu, doxc, odt documents, zip archives and Unix compressed files.
Saves output files in one of 3 formats: txt, doc and pdf.
Supports recognition of mathematical equations.
Allows you to rotate the image 90-180° in both directions.
Correctly recognizes text in multiple columns on the same page.
Can recognize one selected fragment.
After processing, it offers to copy the file to the clipboard, download it to a computer, upload it to the Google Docs service, or publish it on the Internet. Also available is the ability to immediately translate the text into another language using Google Translate or Bing Translator.

We must give credit to Free Online OCR for the fact that it reads low-resolution and low-contrast images quite well. The result of recognition of all Russian-language texts fed to him refused to be 100% or close to it.

Free Online OCR is, in our opinion, one of the best alternatives to FineReader, but it only processes 20 pages for free (however, it is not specified for how long). Further use of the service costs from $0.5 per page.

Microsoft OneNote

The Microsoft OneNote note-taking program, excluding the very old and latest version 17, also contains OCR functionality. It is not as advanced as in specialized applications, but still usable if there are no other options.

To recognize text from an image using OneNote, paste the picture into a file (Picture - Paste), right-click on it and select "Copy text from picture."

After that, paste the copied text anywhere in the note.

The default recognition language is English. If you need Russian or any other, change the setting manually.

The quality of Russian-language text recognition in Microsoft OneNote leaves much to be desired, so it cannot be called a full-fledged replacement for FineReader. Yes, and it is very inconvenient to process large multi-page documents in it.

simpleocr

The old free SimpleOCR program is also a very worthy text recognition tool from electronic images and scans, but, unfortunately, without the support of the Russian language. But it has a unique function of reading handwritten words, as well as an editor that allows you to correct errors before saving the finished result.

Other features of SimpleOCR:

Spell check with the ability to replenish the dictionary manually.
Reading documents in low resolution and with blots (there is an option to clean up the "noise").
The closest selection of font and transfer of writing styles (bold, italic). You can disable the feature if you wish.
Simultaneous processing of several sheets or a separate fragment.
Highlighting possible errors in the finished text for manual editing.
Support for many modifications of scanners.
Input formats of electronic documents: tif, jpg, bmp, ink, as well as scans.
Saving the finished text in txt and doc formats.

The quality of recognition of both printed texts and manuscripts is quite high.

The program could be called universal, if not for the limited language support. The latest version only supports English, French and Danish, more likely not to be added. The interface is completely in English, but easy to understand. In addition, there is a "Demo" button in the main window, which launches a tutorial video on working with SimpleOCR.

The program of the Belgian developer I.R.I.S is really a real competitor to the Russian ABBYY FineReader. Powerful, fast, cross-platform, based on a proprietary OCR engine used by manufacturers Adobe, HP and Canon, it perfectly recognizes even the most difficult-to-read texts. Supports 137 languages, including Russian and Ukrainian.

Features and functions of Readiris:

The highest file processing speed among applications of this class, designed for large volumes.
Preservation of the formatting of the source text (fonts, size, writing style).
Single and batch file processing, support for multi-page documents.
Recognition of mathematical equations, special characters and barcodes.
Cleaning text from "noise" - lines, blots, etc.
Integration with various cloud services - Google Docs, Evernote, Dropbox, SharePoint and some others.
Support for all modern scanner models.
Input data formats: pdf, djvu, jpg, png and others, in which graphic images are saved, as well as those received directly from the scanner.
Output formats: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, txt, rtf, html, csv, pdf. Supports conversion to djvu.

The program interface is Russian-language, the use is intuitive. It does not provide users with the ability to edit the contents of pdf files, like FineReader, but, in our opinion, it does an excellent job with the main task - text recognition.

Readiris is available in two paid versions. The cost of the Pro license is 99.00€, Corporate - 199€. Almost like ABBYY.

Freemore OCR

Freemore OCR - (! program website http://freemoresoft.com/freeocr/index.php can be blocked by antiviruses due to the advertising "garbage" built into the installer) is another simple, compact and free utility that also recognizes texts well, but by default only in English. Other language packs must be downloaded and installed separately.

Other features and functionality of Freemore OCR:

Simultaneous work with several scanners.
Support for many graphic data formats, including proprietary ones such as psd (Adobe Photoshop file). All standard graphics formats are supported.
PDF support.
Saving the finished result in pdf, txt or docx format, and to export the text to Word, just click one button on the toolbar.
Built-in editor (unfortunately, the program does not save the formatting of the original document).
View document properties.
Print recognized text directly from the main window.
Password protection of pdf files.

At first glance, the interface of the program may seem complicated, but it is actually very easy to use. Tools are divided into groups, as on the Microsoft Office ribbon. If you look at them more closely, the purpose of a particular button will quickly become clear.

To load an electronic document into the Freemore OCR window, first select its type - image or pdf file, and then click the appropriate "Load" button. To start the recognition process, click on the "OCR" button in the tool group of the same name next to the magic wand image (shown in the screenshot).

The result of scanning English-language texts from both well-readable and poorly readable pictures turned out to be quite satisfactory. The only thing I didn’t like was that along with the program, all sorts of rubbish is installed on the computer - some kind of fake anti-virus scanners, optimizers and other unnecessary things, and without the ability to refuse them during installation. In a word, if not for this shortcoming, the application could be recommended as a good free alternative to FineReader.

Have you encountered the fact that you need to scan something, for example, some documents? Whether it is text materials or just photos, the RiDoc program is ideal for ordinary "users" because. has a simple, practical and extremely friendly interface.

Ridoc is document scanning software, which allows you to digitize information, that is, transfer information from paper to digital (computer hard drive), thereby simplifying the life of the user and saving forest. Additionally, such documents can be sent via e-mail or uploaded to cloud storage, provide access to other users (depending on the task).

In addition, RiDoc provides functionality that can adjust the size of a digital document (selecting the image quality). The interface has a tool that allows you to recognize text from a scanner (text information), as well as keep a history of all previously scanned documents (for example, in pdf format).

The application allows you to save digital versions of documents in the most common formats: bmp, tiff, jpeg, png, Word, PDF, which is very convenient, since most computer users have software for working with these files, in addition, the corresponding applications can always be downloaded for free from our portal.

Most often, RiDoc is used as programs for scanning from hp and canon devices due to the fact that the latter are extremely popular for most users. But this in no way means that other manufacturers have been left out - RiDoc perfectly interacts with any available scanner model, so you can safely download this free program for scanning documents in Russian.

The main functionality of the software:

There is a technology of "quick folders" that allow you to comfortably manage digitized documents;
If you have a paper text document that you want to transfer to your computer, then the program is able to perform text recognition, which can later be edited in any popular text editor, such as OpenOffice or Microsoft Word;
Watermark feature. The user is given the opportunity adjust its size, after specifying the transparency;
All scanned (digitized) PDF documents can be placed in one file, for more compact storage, the ability to set common parameters for each individual function.
There is a built-in RiDoc printer that will allow you to export files to PDF format;
All scanned files can naturally be sent for printing;

We recommend this software as an indispensable application that will be useful for both a student and an ordinary user, and will also become an indispensable tool for an office worker. In order to download the program, just click on the appropriate button at the bottom of the article.

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The scanner helps to create a copy of the document. To get a high-quality copy, it is not enough just to transfer the image to a file - sometimes you need to edit it and recognize the text. These functions have a good program for scanning documents. We have selected the best scanner apps that will save you time when making copies.

ABBYY FineReader is the most famous program for scanning any documents. This is a professional tool that is used even in printing houses. Its main advantage is high-quality text recognition, from printed not of the best quality to handwritten. Not only letters are recognized - lists, graphs and tables are also correctly transferred to the file. Other advantages of FineReader:

various formats for saving the result;
there are automatic processing tools - dewarping, cropping, page alignment;
you can edit the structure of the document - remove lists;
scans quickly, allowing you to work with the document during recognition;
there is a spell check;
The interface is adapted for touch screens.

The main disadvantage is that the application is paid, the trial version is available for 30 days after installation with a limit of 100 pages.

PaperScan Free is free software for your scanner. Able to work with various equipment, including MFPs. Despite being free, it has a nice interface and quite a few features:

recognizes text from PDF;
there are tools for editing images - brightness, saturation, adding filters for photos, removing traces;
you can draw shapes and insert text into your document.

The minus of the program is the absence of the Russian language in the interface. But it’s easy to figure out the controls thanks to the icons in the menu:

To start reading from the scanner, click on "Acquire" and select "Quick scan".
The application will scan the sheet and display it on the screen.
Click "Save", enter a name for the final file and select its format. If you are going to recognize text, set the format to PDF+OCR.

ScanLite

A small and simple program to scan documents to PDF. It has a minimum of functions and settings: copies the document to without recognition, allowing you to set only the color and image quality.

When using ScanLite, do not forget to specify the file name before saving, otherwise the application will write it under the standard scanlite1.pdf, destroying the previous result.

Canon MF Toolbox

MF Toolbox is a scanning software for Canon devices. The free utility allows you to significantly increase the scanning speed. There is a set of settings for the scanner, the finished document can be sent directly by mail, convert the image to PDF.

VueScan

The VueScan program for scanning documents stands out by supporting the maximum number of devices - about 2700 varieties of flatbed and film scanners, MFPs. It can act as a driver for older models that are not supported by modern operating systems and manufacturers. The application can use the hidden features of Windows 10 scanners. It saves documents in various formats, including uncompressed RAW images.

The interface is Russian-language and understandable. After the first launch, go to the "Output" tab and set the path in the "Default Folder" item - finished files will be saved here. Set the image format and click on "Scan". The resulting image can be recognized and corrected. The free version puts its own watermark on the document.

CuneiForm

A free and freely distributed application, which is called the analogue of the famous FineReader. It used to be paid and was bundled with Canon, HP, Epson, Brother devices. Able to recognize text from not the best sources - newspapers and typewriters. Her virtues:

high quality scanning;
recognition of different fonts, tables and graphs;
spellchecking;
preservation of the structure of the document;
there is a batch mode.

WinScan2PDF

A small utility that does not require installation and takes up only 70 KB of hard disk space. The interface consists of three buttons:

select scanner;
start scanning;
go out.

Additionally, it can create multi-page PDFs from images: check the “Multiple Pages” box and drag the desired images into the program window with the mouse. It cannot recognize and change text - for this you will need an additional program for editing after scanning.

ScanCorrector

Free application from a Russian developer. Installation is not needed, you can run from a USB flash drive. ScanCorrector can edit scanned images and perform color correction. The "Fill" option allows you to fit the picture to A4 format. The finished document can be directly output to a computer printer.

Not another scanner 2

Naps2 can copy and recognize text, saving the result in PDF or image formats. Knows many languages and detects almost any scanner model. Editing tools for the resulting file allow you to crop, rotate, adjust brightness and contrast.

The interface is simple and clear - a large "Scan" button starts the process of copying a document, you only need to specify the correct device. At the end, a document will appear on the screen that can be edited, recognized, saved, printed or sent by mail.

Conclusion

We have listed the best scanning software. The maximum number of quality tools is offered by paid ABBYY FineReader. But free utilities often do just as well: CuneiForm recognizes well, VueScan supports the maximum number of scanners. Small utilities such as ScanCorrector and WinScan2PDF do not require installation, so they will quickly help you create a copy.

Content

Creating electronic copies of images or documents requires the use of a scan operation. Equipment and software for this purpose constitute a separate branch of computer technology. By combining printers and scanners, a new class of digital devices was created - multifunctional devices (MFPs). To create a high-quality copy of a photograph and decrypt the document obtained during the operation of the scanner, you need a scanning program that works with different types of devices and creates the final file in any format the user needs.

What is a scanning software

The software required to work with the scanner should make it easier for the user to work with different types of source materials, support work with all major brands of scanners, MFPs, and ensure the choice of the desired format, quality, and size of the final file. Some of these properties are provided by standard tools of the Windows operating system. There are third-party programs that can convert scanned material to graphics or PDF format. The greatest value, among all utilities, are text recognition programs.

Standard Windows tools

The Windows operating system has built-in functions for working with scanning devices. It contains standard drivers for most of these devices from different manufacturers. Your model is selected when accessing the scanning utilities. You can check for its presence by opening the "Device Manager", section "Image Processing Devices". If your device is not in the list of available devices, its driver must be downloaded from the Internet and installed. To switch to scanning mode, you must:

click Start->Control Panel->Scanners and Cameras;
click on the icon of your device or its corresponding driver name;
a window of the Wizard for working with a digital camera or scanner will open, click "Next";
if you need fine-tuning, you can click "Adjust" to select the brightness, contrast, image resolution;
select the type of image, for a preliminary assessment of the result, click Preview;
after clicking "Next" in a new window, select the name of the final file, its location;
the next click on the "Next" button will start the scanning process.

Starting with Windows 7, the standard functionality of the scanning device program has been improved and merged with fax printing. To start the job, select "Device Manager" -> "Imaging Devices" -> "Fax and Scan" -> "New Scan". Further steps for setting up, previewing, starting the process and saving the results are the same as above.

Programs for scanning documents into a simple graphic file

Specialized programs for scanning are intended not only to obtain high-quality copies of the originals, but also to make it easier for users of different levels of understanding with computers to work with them. To get a simple copy in the form of a graphic file, you must:

download, install and run the program;
select the model of your MFP, insert the original image into it;
click the "Scan" button;
the program will prompt you to choose the type of graphic file, save location and options for further actions with the result.

Program for scanning to pdf and digitizing documents

Existing programs are able not only to scan an image, but also to perform all the necessary actions to process it. At the same time, it is possible to manually configure the fast auto-feed of a large number of pages, saving them in PDF format. The convenience of this format is explained by a wide range of possible manipulations with digitized documents, including:

automatic page orientation;
scaling and positioning;
document counter;
creating a password;
reordering, quality improvement
desired output file size;
group corrective operations - cropping, contrast and other operations.

Photo scanning utility

Professional photo processing requires tools with a large number of settings for resolution, color reproduction, and shades. One of the best interfaces for scanning photographic materials is the ControlCenter utility. It provides the ability to process photos, one- and two-sided documents, save them in JPEG, PDF format. This utility works with all versions of Windows. It is possible to send the result by e-mail directly from its interface.

How the scanner software works

The principle of operation of the scanner is based on the difference in the light flux reflected by the scanned surface from a strong light source. The reflected signal through the prism enters the photosensitive element, which determines the characteristic of the image of this point. The higher the resolution, the better the copy will be. The scanner program receives a signal about each point of the scanned image, converts it into a digital code, and stores data for each point in the computer's memory.

Scan interfaces

To standardize the processes of image recognition by scanners in 1992, the TWAIN standard (eng. "two") was proposed. It provides an excellent match between the computer and scanner functions. Since 2000, a standard was introduced for their interaction with the Windows operating system, which was called WIA (English Windows Image Acquisition - Windows Image Capture). It differs from TWAIN in that it supports basic scanning and preview functions. Its advantage is support for all types of scanning devices and versions of Windows.

Professional industrial scanners use the ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Specification) graphical interface, which includes additional effects. The Linux operating system uses a simplified dialog with the ability to access the MFP over the network based on the SANE standard (English Scanner Access Now - easy access to the scanner). When working with a conventional scanner or MFP, the TWAIN interface is more suitable; for working with a camera, it is more convenient to use the WIA standard.

What is the best document scanning app

The choice of application to work with the scanner is determined by your needs. Simple copying of documents with saving in PDF format or sending by mail can be done by any free scanning software. Lots of free OCR systems based on Tesseract with OCR. If you need to process a document that has complex formatting while maintaining its structure, removing unnecessary shadows or errors, you will need a powerful FineReader level system.

ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition

The most famous, widespread and powerful program for scanning and OCR is ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition. With its help, the following tasks are solved:

conversion of any materials into electronic form with the preservation of the form and structure;
sending the results of work by e-mail or publishing on the Internet;
receiving an image from a scanning device, MFP, digital camera or mobile phone with a built-in camera;
accurate recognition, preservation of document formatting;
recognition of digital images;
high quality of recognition, saving it in a text format convenient for you;
support for 178 languages, including Cyrillic;
The program is paid, but after registration there is a trial period.

OCR CuneiForm - converting scanned material to a printed file

One of the best OCR (Optical Character Recognition) utilities is CuneiForm. It is a system for recognizing text and text fragments in graphic files. A huge advantage is the ability to work with any type of printing products, typewritten documents, bad photocopies. The program uses unique algorithms, has a built-in test editor, which will provide the user with the opportunity to:

work with tables of any format, structure or hierarchy;
automatic or manual fragmentation of texts;
identifies more than 20 most common languages;

Scanner program for high-quality text decoding Scanitto Pro

Among the programs for working with scanned material, there are utilities whose focus is clearly indicated. The proposed Scanitto Pro program has simple settings, a clear interface, and works with many scanner models. It has the ability to save the result of work in any format such as PDF, BMP, JPG, TIFF, JP2 or PNG. But its main purpose is to decrypt complex texts into DOCX, RTF, TXT formats. This utility is implemented on the TWAIN driver of the scanning device, which ensures high quality of the final material.

ScanLite for high volume documents

To work with a large number of repetitive documents that require processing with the same settings, there is a ScanLite utility. It has more than 25 settings, access to which is in one window. To start the process, you need to click on the "Scan Documents" button and select a location to save the results of your work. It is possible to automatically adjust the quality and size of files, reduce their size for sending by e-mail.

Free PaperScan

Free to download, free and with good functionality is the PaperScan utility. It does not require a powerful computer, has a small size, supports a large number of scanner models, MFPs. The program works with equipment on TWAIN and WIA interfaces, provides high quality scanning. Its main features are:

automatic feed;
erasing punch marks;
black and white mode and color modes for processing photos and pictures;
editing brightness, contrast and other characteristics;
there is a gallery of effects for images.

Windows compatible WinScan2PDF utility

The portable and free WinScan2PDF utility is suitable for fast work in any versions of Windows. It works fast, converts documents directly to PDF file. Its main advantages are:

automatic scanning and data conversion to multi-page PDF format;
saving all pages in one file.
the ability to create documents from a large number of source pages.

VueScan with a large number of supported scanner models

The VueScan utility can use all the features of scanning devices. It will provide an opportunity to make hardware settings for scanning, color correction, batch scanning. The VueScan interface supports over 100 film types, making it easy to work with negatives and slides. There is a direct selection of the mask, manual adjustment of color components. You can create an individual profile, save all the necessary settings. VueScan can work with multiple scanners at the same time using centralized management.

RiDoc with the ability to convert documents to image format

With RiDoc, it is possible to scan with the result adjusted to a predetermined size, which is convenient when compiling large catalogs. This utility works great with HP and Canon scanners and is capable of:

work with the filing of paper documents in automatic mode;
create galleries of scanned materials;
export of documents to graphic formats using the RiDoc virtual printer;
overlay watermark (watermark);
save results in graphic formats tiff, bmp, jpeg, png;
export of electronic versions to MS Word and PDF file.

Multilingual program for NAPS2 scanner

The NAPS2 utility is a completely free application and does not contain intrusive ads or unwanted software modules for many free products. It will provide one-click operation with easy profile setup for different devices. Its advantages are:

save function with a choice of PDF, JPEG, PNG, multi-page TIFF and others;
compatible with WIA and TWAIN standards;
easy setting of all necessary parameters - DPI, page size, color depth.
glass plate reader, automatic document feeder (ADF), duplex support;
optical character recognition (OCR) in any of 100 languages.

Scan Corrector A4

Often in business there is a need to copy or digitally save copies of A4 documents. In this case, it is convenient to use Scan Corrector A4. If the source file is of poor quality, then the page must be cleaned up before decryption. This utility will do all this without the use of a graphical editor. In addition, the utility has:

saving and printing scanned images;
the possibility of successive obtaining of several copies;
high scanning speed and saving documents in any format;
choice of natural colors or grayscale;
image correction.

Pros and cons of document and photo scanning programs

ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition is the flagship of the scanning software and has many settings. This professional program has its pros and cons. Minus - a paid version with a trial period of two weeks or a limit of 55 scanned pages. Pros:

recognizes texts in pictures;
supports automatic batch mode;
clear interpretation of texts;
recognizes any languages;
allows you to scan pictures, texts, low quality photos.

CuneiForm OCR scanner software has the following advantages:

the utility is free;
the text is corrected with the help of dictionaries;
decrypts low-quality images;
preserves the structure and formatting of texts.

there are errors in the texts;
support for 24 languages.

A special program for Windows WinScan2PDF has one drawback - the text is saved only in document format. Pros:

fast decoding of texts;
minimalist, user-friendly interface.

The free SimpleOCR utility has a minus - there is no Russian-language support. Pros:

correct functioning with high accuracy;
removes noise from graphics;
editing of received texts.

Freemore OCR is a free, easy-to-use utility, the downside of which is that a language download is required to transcribe Russian texts. There are several advantages:

encrypts and decrypts files;
provides a view of the document's properties;
simple interface;
correct output result;
works simultaneously with several scanning devices.

Hi all! Scanning documents to PDF can sometimes become quite a challenge. Therefore, in order to speed up the process, many users install complex utilities that automatically convert the contents of pages into an intelligent file with the ability to search and select individual text. And just today I want to tell you about the best programs in my opinion for scanning documents to PDF.

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is an official program that works under license and is designed to work with converting to PDF files. Thanks to this utility, it is possible to convert a familiar PDF format into an intelligent document with support for quick word search. The built-in scanner allows you to work with both text and images. The range of settings includes custom scanning using options of your choice. Most of the options are free. However, the PRO version can only be used with a paid license.

Software advantages:

Highly intelligent interface.
Built-in converter.
Ability to work with large volumes.
Image support.
Web browsing available.
Optical recognition of the scanned text up to 3000 dpi.

Disadvantages of the complex:

You need to buy a license.
High memory requirements.

The main disadvantages include the fact that the utility opens each document in a separate window.

RiDoc

RiDoc is a small, compact program for scanning documents to PDF that have been converted from paper. A feature of this software is the ability to convert files with a decrease in size. The range of tools includes functions such as brightness/contrast adjustment, watermarking, and image reduction/enlargement. The platform is paid, but is easily hacked with a crack and is available for installation on all types of Windows OS.

Small size on disk.
Quickly send the finished file by mail.
Watermark protection.
Scanning text, images.
Adjust file display options.

Slow work with large volumes.
Paid license.

The main disadvantages include the lack of compatibility with most modern varieties of the PDF format.

WinScan2PDF

WinScan2PDF is a simple and free program for scanning any documents. The utility is able to work on any type of system and does not require installation. Supports all standard scanners and works well with office software. With a weight of about 40 Kb, the software contains all the necessary tools to perform basic operations. Can be recorded and run from a Flash drive.

Advantages

Free license.
Does not require installation.
Works with all scanners.
Supports a bunch of Irfan and PDFXCView.
Simple interface.
Light weight.

Flaws

Often saves PDF without size compression.

The conversion of the scanned document occurs directly without the use of third-party tools and drivers, which greatly speeds up the process.

ABBYY Fine Reader

Fine Reader - it is this universal program for scanning and recognizing scanned text that most often comes to mind for those who need to digitize an image. The program perfectly and quickly copes with both documents and images. The interface of the program is quite simple - launched and clicked.

Improved recognition accuracy
Automatic (Batch Document Processing)
Working with multiple formats
Using OCR Technology
Automatic splitting of book spreads into two different pages
Ability to save in a large number of formats
Preview option

Paid license

In my opinion, Fine Reader is the best program for scanning text and images, since I myself have been using it for almost 10 years, and comparing it with other applications,

Scan to PDF

Scan to PDF is a shareware utility that is great for scanning to PDF. Using the complex will allow you to convert any image in JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF or BMP format into an intelligent file. In the set of functions there is the possibility of creating a multi-page PDF. Users can also choose sensitivity settings and digital processing quality parameters. The application supports working with files that are uploaded to or any other portable source.

Pros of using:

Create PDF from imported images.
The presence of the OCR function (to search for phrases).
Indexing with Adobe products.
Automatic marking (barcode, date, logo).
Preview.
High quality digitization.

Disadvantages of the complex:

Trial license for 30 days.
Incorrect work with some plugins.

There is an issue with the trial version that causes red writing to appear randomly during targeted use of the app.

ScanTool

ScanTool is a good scanning program that is designed to work with devices from different manufacturers. The application supports compatibility with almost all popular scanners. In addition to the basic functions, the complex is able to convert standard images to PDF. You can pre-edit the files in the graphic plug-in, which is built into the basic package of options. Supports selection of display options on the sheet. There is an option to zoom in.

Pros of using:

Free interface.
Small size on disk.
Support for editing functions.
Several modes to choose from.
Integrated tool menu.

Cons of application:

Lack of professional options.

Each version of the program is designed to perform several targeted tasks. First of all, applications are able to process a real document with the ability to convert to PDF. Before installing applications, it is important to familiarize yourself with the general features and functionality in detail.

As you can see, the choice of applications is simply huge, but in fact they are all good. Some are simpler and cheaper (or free), some are more expensive, but with more advanced features. The main thing is that they all cope with scanning documents to PDF and not only. And besides, they easily support Windows 10.

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