JOCR
Version tested: 1.0
JOCR is a little program that can capture an image from any part of the desktop and perform optical character recognition (convert images to text) on the contents. It is free to download and use but it uses a resource provided with MS Office, and requires that Microsoft Office 2003 or higher be installed on the machine where it is used.
If you’ve ever wanted to work with text that is presented as an image JOCR may be what you’re looking for. Note that JOCR is designed to capture text/image clips straight off the desktop, rather than being a full fledged document/scanner manager. Here are some notes on this program:
- Works remarkably well; OCR conversion is instant and the results are respectable (no OCR recognition is ever 100% accurate)
- Can clip any area or window on the desktop, or the entire desktop.
- Results are dumped into a notepad text file, where they can be edited and/or clipped.
- Does NOT require JAVA (despite the name).
- Extremely small footprint; very low on resources.
I’ve been looking for a freeware OCR program that does exactly this sort of thing. The only drawback with this is the MS Excel requirement; otherwise it is a very simple, straightforward program that works well.
Compatibility: Windows 2k/XP; no info on Vista. Windows 95/98/ME/NT4 supported but require additional controls found on the download page.
Go to the download page to get the latest version. The program home page.
[...] JOCR: can snap any area of the screen (or simply load an image) and provide instant (and excellent) [...]
Great site thanks for the links and software. all that I have down’d are fantastic. This can be down’d as part of a package deal from the link you listed. The package includes ‘JExplorer’ which so far is a nice two window file manager.
[...] el Office es cosa del pasado con ustedes igual que conmigo, quizás quieran darle un vistazo a JOCR, una alternativa gratuita, que básicamente hace lo mismo: Convertir imágenes, a texto. Y [...]
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JOCR is Nice, JExplorer is WOW! Includes a Lot in a reasonably small package – Now if it was just ‘Portable’…
Thanks Samer, and “E”!
[...] is simply grab a screenshot and perform OCR (optical character recognition) using a program such as JOCR. With SysExporter, however, I could simply locate the application that I want to extract data from [...]
i downloaded the JOCR but received an error message. IT said that the activex component could not create the object? what do i do about this can you help me?
thanks,
Cody
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I wonder, Samer, what OpenOffice users might want to use instead to replace the (missing) MODI — Micorosoft Office Document Imaging — to make this one run.
Or is there a comparable utility you, or any reader in the room, might have heard of since this March 2007 review?
I’ve google ’screen ocr’ and didn’t find a matching product. Maybe I should change glasses and stop drinking coffee in my cognac.
Cherrio!
@ Anonymous,
If you don’t have Office, try SimpleOCR
http://www.simpleocr.com/Info.asp
I have not tried it personally but it seems to be quite good.