Download Master of work with a scanner. The best programs for scanning documents in PDF

To get high-quality scans, it is not necessary to use branded programs to scan Canon.

Although they give a very positive result, among the software products presented by users, there are many good analogues worthy of attention.

Some of them are distributed free of charge, and part requires some costs depending on the functionality they provide.

A variety of assortment and special requirements for it

Recognition of documents of various types has recently become a real necessity due to the fact that they became more sought-after than paper originals.

This is due to the fact that they are much more convenient to store, transmit, and sometimes to process.

That is why the quality of the obtained digital copies becomes the main criterion of the selection of software used, including with the popular technique of the Canon brand.

Unfortunately, not all program manufacturers can please users.

One of the most common problems among products is the lack of regional settings, such as a Russian-speaking interface, which is a special criterion on domestic space.

And there are many such criteria.

Some products better cope with the processing of graphic information, others are more suitable for working with the texts, including those containing several different.

In parallel with them there are other programs and utilities, including those that "excellent" copble with the information presented in tabular form.

We have already identified a number of full-fledged software complexes and quite simple utilities that satisfy a number of user requirements and, as a result, included in this list:

• Canon MF Toolbox;
• ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition;
• OCR CUNEIFORM;
• Scanitto Pro;
• VueScan;
• Paperscan;

Canon MF Toolbox

Start an overview of models stands with the Canon trademark brand name, namely MF Toolbox. The main drawback is that there is no Russian-language version.

The entire interface with which the user interacts with the data is English.

However, this lack of interest is compensated by the advantages of the software product, and it has a lot of them.

First, it is a small weight of an application that is only 9.5 MB, which is in good direction reflected on its loading and speed of operation.

Secondly, the application is free and comes with a hardware manufacturer, which guarantees compatibility check.

The application works in conjunction with Windows, which will notice the lion's share of users of office equipment.

Despite this, working with it is quite quickly, and for scanning a couple of clicks.

An additional advantage of the program can be considered the possibility of saving.

This functionality gives an advantage, first of all, not even in convenience, but in saving time spent on conversion from one file format to another.

A set of formats consists of the most popular, so MF Toolbox allows you to cover a large number of basic user needs.

In case, if the document is required to be corrected, you can use a configured set of editors, and to quickly transmit scans, you can use the quick send option.

Fig. 3 - ABBYY FineReader window

Ocr Cuneiform

OCR CUNEIFORM can be used with Canon scanners. This is a small utility with a rather powerful functionality. Its main purpose is to scan texts with rich formatting.

The developers took care that the utility can recognize any fonts and has not violated the source structure of the document.

In this case, the recognized document can be transmitted to either stored in one of the specified formats, including graphic.

Please note: the manufacturer of the utility releases updates regularly regularly, so it will work even in the newest versions of operating systems.

A special bonus when recognizing texts - spell check. It helps this specially developed dictionary.

The program has a number of key advantages to which you can safely attribute the Russian-speaking interface, as well as the availability of a free license.

Fig. 4 - Working with OCR Cuneiform

Scanitto Pro.

Some scanning programs have one drawback - after digitizing the document instantly save the data to the file without the possibility of adding data.

Scanitto Pro utility is deprived. With its help, the user gets the ability to create digital data in a multi-page format - such as PDF.

If the user needs to edit the resulting text, it is allowed to save it in TIFF format.

It opens with many programs, including free, which expands the circle of manipulations with data.

In addition, the program allows you to save data in graphic formats. These include JPEG, PNG, JP2 and BMP.

If, for example, you need to adjust the resulting image, you can use special functions of its correction.

The developers included adjust the saturation, brightness and contrast from the Canon scanner.

Document digitization occurs fast enough. In this case, you can even further reduce the procedure if you use the option of adjusting the size of the scanned area.

You can also underestimate the interface implemented with the Russified Menu, since a number of users cannot use the program in the absence of Russification.

Fig. 5 - SCANITTO PRO window

VueScan.

In the case when you have to work on old Canon scanners, also with outdated operating systems, the digitization process can turn into torture.

However, the VueScan utility allows this to avoid. It is compatible with a huge number of scanner models, which makes it simply indispensable.

In particular, it is worth highlighting such Canon models: E510, MG2200, MG3200, MG4200, MG5400, MG6300, MP230, PIE PRIMEFILM 7200.

A feature of working with it is a quick connection to the scanning device, as well as advanced user settings when digitizing images.

The last option is especially important when recovering old photographs, with which the program copes to "excellent."

You can manually configure not only the contrast of the image, but also color reproduction and even the degree of compression of the resulting scan.

The first is used while saving images, the second - text, and the third data of both types.

There is still a couple of flaws from this utility.

First, it does not provide a Russian-speaking interface in all versions, and secondly, it is possible to apply it for free only a limited period of time.

Later versions of the utility make it possible to scan even translucent slides, also support TXT text format, and embedded editing tools have built-in image processing.

Fig. 6 - Working with Vuescan

Have you faced with what you need to scan something, for example, some documents? Whether it is text materials or just photos, the ridoc program is ideal for the usual "users" because It has a simple, practical and extremely friendly interface.

RIDOC is program for scanning documentswhich allows you to digitize information, that is, to transfer information from a paper media to a digital (hard disk of the computer), thereby simplify the life of the user and save the forest. Additionally, such documents can be sent via email or upload to cloud storage facilities, provide access to other users (depending on the task).

In addition, RIDOC provides a functionality capable of adjusting the size of a digital document (choosing picture quality). The interface has a tool that allows you to recognize the text from the scanner (text information), as well as lead the story of all previously scanned documents (for example, in PDF format).

The application allows you to save digital variants of documents in the most common formats: BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, Word, PDF, which is very convenient, as the software for working with these files has most computer users, in addition, the corresponding applications can always be downloaded for free with of our portal.

Most often ridoc use as scanning programs with HP and Canon Devices due to the fact that the latter use unprecedented popularity for most users. But this does not mean that other manufacturers remained aside - Ridoc interacts perfectly with any available scanner model, so you can safely download this free program to scan documents in Russian.

The main functional features of the software:

• There is a technology of "fast folders" that allow you to manage digitized documents with comfort;
• If you have a paper text document you want to transfer to a computer, the program is capable of performing text recognition, which in the future can be edited in any popular text editor, for example in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word;
• Watermark function. The user is given the opportunity adjust its size, pre-specifying transparency;
• All scanned (digitized) PDF documents can be placed in one file, for more compact storage, the ability to set uniform parameters for each individual function.
• There is a built-in RIDOC printer, which will allow you to export files to PDF format;
• All scanned files naturally can be seal;

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

Probably, each familiar is the situation when the scan of a document, for example, the book pages, must be converted to the printed text. For this, there are special programs, but their main mass is very few people know. Everyone, perhaps, only ABBYY FineReader. Indeed, FineReader is out of competition. This is the best program for scanning and recognizing text in Russian, but it is produced exclusively in paid versions and is very expensive. How many are ready to lay out for the most budget license of almost 7,000 rubles, if you are going to process one or two books per year?

If you consider the purchase of an expensive commercial product unjustified, why not take advantage of the analogues, among which are free? Yes, they are not so rich in features, but with many tasks, which, according to many, "on the teeth" only FineReader, coped quite successfully. So let's get acquainted with several available alternatives. And at the same time we'll see what they differ from the generally accepted reference.

To compare other programs with ABBYY FineReader, find out what it is so good. Here is a list of its basic functions:

• Work with photos, scannes and paper documents.
• Editing the contents of PDF files - text, individual blocks, interactive elements and other things.
• Conversion PDF to Microsoft Word format and back. Creating PDF files from any text documents.
• Comparison of the contents of documents in 35 languages, such as scanned paper and electronic (not in all editions).
• Recognition and transformation of scanned texts, tables, mathematical formulas.
• Automatic execution of routine operations (not in all editions).
• Support 192 National Alphabets.
• Check spelling recognized text in Russian, Ukrainian and 46 more languages.
• Support for 10 graphic and 10 text formats input files, not counting PDF.
• Saving files in graphic and text formats, as well as in the form of e-books EPUB and FB2.
• Read barcode.
• Interface in 20 languages, including Russian and Ukrainian.
• Support most existing models of scanners.

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

The cost of the most inexpensive FineReader license to install on a computer - 6990 rubles (Standard version).

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

To recognize text using WinScan2PDF, click "Select Source" and specify the connected scanner (with ready-made files program, unfortunately, does not work). Put the document into the scanner and click "Scan". If you want to cancel the operation, click "Cancel". That's the whole instruction.

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

Free-ocr.com web service

Free-ocr.com (OCR - Optical Character Recognition, Optical Symbol Recognition) - Free Internet Service for recognition of scanned or photographed texts stored 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 they contain the source text.

Free-OCR does not require registration and does not have any restrictions on the number of downloaded documents. Only the file size is limited to 6 MB. Multi-page documents service does not proceed, more precisely, ignores everything except the first sheet.

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

Free Online OCR Web Service

- Another free web service, very similar to the previous one, but with advanced functionality. It:

• Supports 106 languages.
• Processes multi-page documents, including several languages.
• Recognizes texts on scans and photocouples of many types. In addition to 10 graphic formats, processes PDF, DJVU, DOXC, ODT documents, ZIP archives and SUNIX 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 by 90-180 ° in both directions.
• Properly recognizes text in several columns on one page.
• Can recognize one selected fragment.
• After processing, it offers to copy the file to the clipboard, download to the computer, download to the Google Docs service or publish on the Internet. It is also available to immediately translate the text to another language using Google Translate or Bing Translator.

It is necessary to pay tribute to Free Online OCR and for reading low-resolution pictures and low contrast. The result of the recognition of all the forthcoming Russian-speaking texts refused to be one hundred percent or close to it.

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

Microsoft OneNote.

The program for creating Microsoft OneNote notes, eliminating the very old and last - 17 versions, also contains OCR functionality. It is not as advanced as in specialized applications, but also suitable for use, if there are no other options.

To recognize text from the image using OneNote, insert a picture into a file ("Figure" - "Paste"), press it with the right mouse button and select "Copy text from the picture".

After that, insert the copied text to any place notes.

By default, English is appointed English. If you need a Russian or any other, change the setting manually.

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

SimpleOCr.

An old free SimpleOCR program is also a very worthy tool for recognizing texts from electronic images and scans, but, unfortunately, without the support of Russian. 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 SimpleOCr:

• Spell checking with the ability to replenish the dictionary manually.
• Reading documents in low resolution and blots (there is the option of cleaning "noise").
• The most close selection of font and the transfer of writing styles (fat, italics). If desired, the function can be turned off.
• Simultaneous processing of several sheets or a separate fragment.
• Selects 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 and printed texts, and the manuscripts are quite high.

The program could be called universal if not limited language support. The latest version supports only English, French and Danish languages, the addition of others is most likely not planned. The interface is completely in English, but simple for understanding. In addition, in the main window there is a "demo" button, which runs a training roller on working with SimpleOCr.

The program of the Belgian company-developer I.R.I.S is a truly real competitor to the Russian ABBYY FineReader. Powerful, fast, cross-platform, based on the branded OCR engine, used by the manufacturers of Adobe, HP and Canon, it makes great recognizes even the most difficult-drawn texts. Supports 137 languages, among which there is Russian and Ukrainian.

Features and functions Readiris:

• The highest processing speed of files among applications of this class is designed for large volumes.
• Preserving the formatting of the source text (fonts, kege, 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 Documents, 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 retain, as well as the scanner directly from the scanner.
• Output formats: Doc, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, TXT, RTF, HTML, CSV, PDF. Conversion to DJVU is supported.

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

Readiris is produced in two paid versions. The cost of the license Pro is 99,00 €, Corporate - 199 €. Almost like ABBYY.

Freemore Ocr

Freemore OCR - (! the site of the program http://freemoresoft.com/freeocr/index.php. It can be blocked by antiviruses due to the built-in advertising "garbage") - another simple, compact and free utility, which also quite well recognizes texts, but by default only in English. Packages of other languages \u200b\u200bneed to be downloaded and installed separately.

Other Functions and Features Freemore OCR:

• Simultaneous work with several scanners.
• Support for multiple graphic data formats, including proprietary, kind of PSD (Adobe Photoshop file). Standard graphics formats are supported by everything.
• PDF support.
• Saving a ready-made result in PDF, TXT or DOCX format, and to export text in Word, it is enough to press one button on the toolbar.
• Built-in editor (unfortunately, the formatting of the source document does not save the program).
• View document properties.
• Printing recognized text directly from the main window.
• Password protection files in PDF format.

At first glance, the program interface may seem difficult, but it actually use it very easily. Tools are divided into groups, as on the Microsoft Office ribbon. If you consider them more closely, the purpose of this or that button will quickly become understandable.

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

The result of the scanning of English-speaking texts both with good-, so and from a bluff-potable picture turned out to be quite satisfactory. It was not only like that, together with the program on a computer, all garbage is installed - some lime anti-virus scanners, optimizers and other unnecessary things, and without the ability to refuse them during installation. In short, if it were not for this deficiency, the application could be recommended as a good free alternative to FineReader.

It has long been a boom for use, such a device like a scanner. But still retains the need for its function in narrow user circles, more often for office processing documentation.

Practically, with any equipment, the Windows workspace without the participation of third-party programs and for scanning there is a standard tool that copes very well with its duties.

How to scan in windows?

Starting from the WindowsXP operating system, each subsequent version has a range of software for office work, which is improved and collapsed with the current needs of users. The scan function has not exceeded, representing a flexible tool to save printed vigraphic format documents.

So, in Windows 7, the standard features of working with the scanner were noticeably improved, and combined with facsimile seal. The system tool was called "Faxes and Scanning" and enjoy them surprisingly simply:

1. First of all, it is worth seeing the performance of the equipment that we plan to use. We are interested in installed drivers that can be checked by means of the "Device Manager". Scanners regardless of the model (separate device or in a combination of MFP) are taken out into a separate section "Image processing devices";
   
   
2. Click the Start button and enter the program name: "Faxes and Scanning". The result will appear after several of the first letters, click on it for launch;
   
3. We will open the main window in which, in addition to all, information about previous scans or the resulting faxes is displayed. To start scanning, you need to click on the appropriate button on the top panel "New Scanning";
   
   
4. In the dialog box, configure scan settings. Specify that it will be scanned (photos, text, etc.), as well as, if necessary, adjust the quality of the future image (resolution, file format, brightness, contrast);
   
   
5. If there are enough default parameters, proceed to scan, which can be performed with a preview of the result, by pressing the "View" button at the bottom of the window, or go to the main process of saving - "scan";
6. Next will only wait for the end of the scanning process. The result will immediately be available in the Fax and Scanning program window or on the way: Documents -\u003e Scanned Documents.

Free Alternative to Standard Scanning

If you do not choose the Windows application functionality, then. As clearly from the name, the program has a minimum set of features for scanning, which is just plus - rare appeal to the scanner.

The size of the program is not more than 3 megabytes, and the installation passes in standard mode, without requiring additional instructions. After installation, the "Scanning Document" label will appear on the desktop.

The minimalism of the interface consists of all of the three main actions from the user:

• Scan File Name - "Enter the document name"
• Directory to save the file - "Where the document is saved"
• Start the scan function - button "Scan Document (s)" button

On the left side of the window, you can go to "Settings", which are quite a bit.

Currently, it is often necessary to translate the document provided in the paper in the electronic form. Get an image that can be successfully saved on any media or on the hard disk of the computer, if you use the features of a special program for scanning HP. This software allows not only to save, but also edit scanned text information.

Overview of programs for working with printers and HP scanners.

What is a program for scanning

Modern users do not satisfy only the presence of a printer. Many are interested in purchasing a scanner or a multifunctional device (MFP) capable of performing the functions of the printer, scanner and xerox. The developers of the operating system took care that each user can perform the simplest operations without the need to install additional software. The simplest tasks easily cope with the staff of the OS. However, in some cases, this functional is clearly not enough to perform more complex technical tasks. It is in such cases that we propose to pay attention to special programs for the HP printer, with which you can scan documents, receiving high-quality images.

We are in a hurry to assure you that you can find enough programs on the Internet, which can be used to work with the HP series printer or MFP. Before you download any of the options, we recommend that you explore the characteristics of each program, to evaluate its advantages, weigh the disadvantages, decide on the optimal option for yourself. By the way, utilities that can recognize the scanned text are particularly popular.

Running scanning and printing process

If you need a program to scan documents, do not rush to download the first option. It is important to make sure that the functionality of a specific software allows you to solve the task set before you. In particular, there are excellent utilities to allow quality scanning, as well as perform an additional manipulation spectrum:

• change;
• install password;
• improve quality;
• establish the desired image size;
• cut
• establish the desired level of contrast, brightness;
• translate scanned material to PDF format.

By purchasing a printer or a HP LaserJet scanner, in most cases you will find a compact disc with the necessary installation software. After installing on the computer, you can detect a special scanning program. This is either "HP Scanjet" or "HP Deskjet", it all depends on which model of the device you will be used.

By clicking on the program icon, a window will start, in which you can initially make settings, and then proceed to direct use. If all the settings are fully satisfied or you have previously managed to make appropriate changes, then you can immediately start scanning. In the window you will find the "Scan" section. Reorienting your attention to it, you will see that the system offers you two options:

• scanning;
• control.

In the first case, you run the process of receiving the image immediately, in the second case, you will be prompted to enable scanning through the control panel. After starting the scanning process, it remains only to wait for a message that requests to specify the way to save the finished image. Also, the scanning process can be started using the button with the scanner icon located on the front panel of the scanner.

If there is a need to print a finished document, solve such a technical task will allow the HP print utility by running the parameters of interest to choose. Program for printing photos on the printer also provides the user with the ability to choose special printing parameters, including:

• printing color or black and white image;
• high quality printing or in economical mode;
• printing on photographic paper or a lot of variety paper.

List of scanning programs

It is possible to use other software whose functionality allows you to scan and print text information or images. The popular program is ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition, which allows you to scan and recognize text information, save the formatted document. This program supports 178 languages, allows you to forward the results by email, as well as, if necessary, lay out on sites. The only disadvantage of this multifunctional universal tool is that this product will have to pay. However, this product should not be purchased blindly. It is possible to initially register, get a product for free, but only for a trial period, and later decisive, such a program is needed or not.

Also a fairly good product is such a program as OCR Cuneiform, which allows you to convert scanned material into a printed format. The utility is endowed with unique tools that allow:

• easily operate with tabular data;
• perform text fragmentation in manual and automatic mode.

OCR Cuneiform supports 20 widespread languages.

If you are interested in a program for high-quality decoding text, then you can pay attention to the Scanitto Pro utility. Its advantages are a simple interface, uncomplicated settings, even the newcomer will easily understand with them. In addition, the scanned text information can be saved in any formats, including BMP, TIFF, JPG, PNG and PDF. At the same time, the program successfully saves texts in DOCX, TXT and RTF format.

If there is a need to scan a large number of documents, it is recommended to use the ScanLite program. This utility stores all settings, providing the same type of scanning of the entire document package. Including this program allows you to immediately designate the desired size of the document by selecting the minimum values \u200b\u200bto be able to easily send documents by email.

There is another excellent option Papererscan, you can enjoy free. It contains a large number of tools, with which it is easy to change contrast, brightness, as well as impose interesting effects on images.

You can also take advantage of other programs that endowed with similar functionality. These programs include:

• WINSCAN2PDF (it is possible to save scanned documents to one file);
• VueScan;
• Ridoc (endowed the possibility of overlaying watermarks);
• Naps2 (able to read information from glass tablets);
• Scan corrector A4.

Thus, if you need to scan and print documents, even a novice user can easily cope with such a task if it takes one of the listed utilities.