OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for Windows Phone 8

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used as a form of data entry from some sort of original paper data source, whether documents, sales receipts, mail, or any number of printed records.

Now, if you are using Windows Phone and want to make digital copies of your documents, then you can try out Text Recognizer. The app allows to create digital copies of paper documents, preserving original’s structure and style.

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The app works pretty simple, just select OCR and the language and scan the document using the camera. The app will take care of the rest. Text Recognizer needs an internet connection to work with cloud service.

You can scan:

  • Documents
  • Receipts
  • Notes
  • Book fragments

Supported languages to OCR:

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • Chinese PRC
  • Japanese
  • Korean

Download Text Recognizer

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