OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Text Scanner is an app that helps users to recognize the characters from an image with high (99%) accuracy. It turns the mobile phone into a text scanner and a translator. The app supports 92 languages including African, Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Korean, Malayalam, Nepali, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Sanskrit, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, etc.
OCR Text Scanner app comes under the category of Productivity in the Google Play Store. The app requires an android device of 4.1 and up. The app is developed by Rishi Apps. It is last updated on 16th December 2019. The current version of the app is 1.9.9 and it has got 500,000+ installs in the play store. The size of the app is 4.5M. The app can be used by individuals aged 3 and above. The app has been reviewed by 6,090 users and it has got 4.2 rating in Google play store. Digital purchase is enabled in the app and the in-app products can be purchased at a rate of 210 rupees per item.
OCR text scanner is the best app for scanning text with high accuracy rate. The app recognizes non-English languages with zero errors. It is lightweight and easy to use. Users are able to edit and share the OCR results and they can get the scan history as well.
Key features of the app
- Users are able to extract the text on image
- Translate text to over 100+ languages
- Copy text on screen
- Crop and enhance image before OCR
- Edit and share OCR result
- Scan history
- Recognize text from image supports 92 languages
- Extract phone numbers, emails and URLs
Drawbacks of the app
- Annoying ads peep in even in the premium version
- Only 5 scans are free after that users will have to obtain the paid version
- Users face issues with the payment gateway
- The app is a little bit expensive