A good Screen OCR utility ?

[Jobik]

Hi.

I am looking for a good screen capture tool, to turn graphics into editable text.

For a long time now I've been using "Screen OCR" from Binary Valley people.

The only thing I dislike : you cannot really choose the hot key (Shift-Ctrl, Ctrl-Alt or Shift-Alt only)

 

I tried Easy Screen ocr but no matter which version i install, it gives me a "This screenshot is invalid" error.

 

So, does anybody knows a simple, good, convenient tool to do the job ?

Thank you for reply :)

[Togijak]

@Jobik

 

Look for ABBYY FineReader Professional 12.0.101.496 (in this version) the ScreenReader works perfect (on Win 7 x64). OK to install  ABBYY FineReader Professional only to have a Screen OCR is a bit overkill but it works ?

[keyman]

Follow Togijak's advice. The ABBYY ScreenReader is the one I've used for many years and it's never let me down (even Snagit incorporates this ABBYY technology for the screenreading functionality). And of course, this way you also get the awesome ABBYY FineReader 

[Jobik]

 

@keyman

@Togijak

Thank you for your advices

I'm gonna give a try to abbyy screenReader, especially as i am using FineReader for years. really good product. but i never tried their screenreader utility (not installed and forgot it)....

 

EDIT :

 

tried, immediately adopted.

perfect, on (almost) any screen (web, desktop, explorer...)

[keyman]

2 hours ago, Jobik said:

 

@keyman

@Togijak

Thank you for your advices

I'm gonna give a try to abbyy screenReader, especially as i am using FineReader for years. really good product. but i never tried their screenreader utility (not installed and forgot it)....

 

EDIT :

 

tried, immediately adopted.

perfect, on (almost) any screen (web, desktop, explorer...)

That's what I love about it: small, fast, no fuss and complication, deadly accurate OCR (even with pretty "unusual" fonts), works every time