SuperGeek Free Document OCR

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SuperGeek Free Document OCR

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SuperGeek Free Document OCR is an easy-to-use and professional image OCR (optical character recognition) tool. It can convert image files like scanned documents in JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD, EMF, WMF, DCX, PCX, JP2, etc. into editable TXT and Word. Image files can be recognized with high accuracy, saving you time of retyping or re-creating information unnecessarily. With the free OCR software you can extract text from images and locate information using specific search terms or phrases.
http://www.ocrfree.net/index.html

Dl installer @ http://www.ocrfree.net/download.html and uniextract.

Could not fully test as I do not have a scanner on this machine.

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Re: SuperGeek Free Document OCR

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Old thread update: This program is still under development with a release last month: http://www.ocrfree.net/download.php version 8.8.1

Unfortunately, Uniextract didn't work and the program is now bundleware, offering to install Yahoo search during it's install.

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Re: SuperGeek Free Document OCR

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webfork wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:19 pm Old thread update: This program is still under development with a release last month: http://www.ocrfree.net/download.php version 8.8.1

Unfortunately, Uniextract didn't work and the program is now bundleware, offering to install Yahoo search during it's install.
The FreeOCR site write that program has been released on January 08, 2021.

Try this:
1. download from Softpedia the GUI InnoEx https://www.softpedia.com/get/Programmi ... noEx.shtml for 'InnoUnp.exe' (release 0.50 of 18/12/2020 -> https://sourceforge.net/projects/innoun ... r/download)
2. open the installer 'SuperGeekFreeDocumentOCR.exe' with InnoEx (already updated)
3. select only files contained in folder {app}
4. in menu bar press 'Extract'' -> Selected files -> Proceed
5. rename the folder {app} as 'FreeOCR' or with a name you like.
6. run 'SuperGeekFreeDocumentOCR.exe' (see below list of files)

In new folder {app} You obtain these files:

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11/03/2020  21:54         2.505.216 goup.exe
22/02/2012  15:54         7.749.632 ievision.dll
10/09/2020  14:31           859.648 SuperGeek Free Document OCR Update.exe
10/04/2012  17:24            36.518 supergeek.png
19/08/2019  16:43         4.427.776 SuperGeekFreeDocumentOCR.exe
13/12/2016  15:37                87 version.dat
Notes
• the installer 'SuperGeekFreeDocumentOCR.exe' is created with Inno Setup Compiler and using InnoEx probably you can avoid Yahoo search.
• not tested if portable: probably not because there is the file 'SuperGeek Free Document OCR Update.exe'
• the executable has the same name as installer
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.

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Re: SuperGeek Free Document OCR

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rbon wrote: Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:22 am The FreeOCR site write that program has been released on January 08, 2021
I've been satisfied mostly with the PDF-XChange OCR process but I can definitely say it's hit and miss depending on the font. Did you try testing out the FreeOCR process? Does it work well?

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Re: SuperGeek Free Document OCR

#5 Post by Midas »

FYI, I was able to (Uni)extract the installer package alright using (Bioruebe's) UniversalExtractor2 (v2.0.0 RC3).

What I found puzzling was the discrepancy from the version mentioned in the 'version.dat' file (see full content below) and the one 'install_script.iss' is meant to display: "AppVerName=SuperGeek Free Document OCR 8.8.2.4".

The executable itself has no version info:

Sigchecked 'SuperGeekFreeDocumentOCR.exe'

Verified: Unsigned
Link date: 22:22 1992-06-19
Publisher: n/a
Company: n/a
Description: n/a
Product: n/a
Prod version: n/a
File version: n/a
MachineType: 32-bit
MD5: 3D0CDCDAB67481D9D65F530603B7D1BF
SHA256: BE28E671073EDCF44036578D082E1E54C6E95DF5923E5E074F68B24B0AFE2F80
VT detection: 1/74
VT link: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/be2 ... /detection

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[Info]
Version=8.8.1
AppName=SuperGeek Free Document OCR
Web=http://www.ocrfree.net/

Lastly, should it be verifiable, this product has an impressive comparison matrix:

https://www.ocrfree.net/software_comparison.html

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