PDF OCR X

The main limitations of scanners is the fact that you can't edit scanned text. Fortunately, OCR applications can help you get past this limitation. If you need a quick and easy solution to make your scanned documents editable, you should try PDF OCR X. It is fast, efficient and very easy to use. All you have to do is load your files, make a few selections and the application will do the rest.

The application is offered completely free of charge. Its setup file is about 47 MB and the installation process is fast and easy. PDF OCR X works on all popular Windows and Mac OS X platforms and it doesn't need too many resources. Besides that, you don't have to install any prerequisite tools to run this application.

PDF OCR X comes with a compact user interface on which you can drag and drop PDF files or images. Once you load one or more files, the application will immediately display a series of output options on a small window. You can choose to convert the imported files to plain text format or turn them into searchable PDFs. Additionally, you can select a language, limit the application to a certain number of pages and select an output folder.

When everything is in order, you only need to click the Convert button, located on the same output window, and the application will start processing your files. When the process is complete, you may click a few options to open an output file's parent folder or open the file itself. PDF OCR X allows you to make different output settings for each input file. The loaded files can be selected in a drop menu on the output settings window.