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Condense as an alternative for ABBYY Screenshot Reader
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Sep 27, 2014

Condense (http://www.condenseapp.com) is a $2.99 OCR app in the Mac App Store that is a nice alternative for ABBYY Screenshot Reader (Windows).

I've tested it with two real-life documents and found that the app is quite easy to use:

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Condense (http://www.condenseapp.com) is a $2.99 OCR app in the Mac App Store that is a nice alternative for ABBYY Screenshot Reader (Windows).

I've tested it with two real-life documents and found that the app is quite easy to use:

Using Condense to scan a high-contrast image
http://youtu.be/qWkD4GCbei8

The result was good.

Using Condense to scan a low-contrast image with a pixel font
http://youtu.be/ufP7tvdm0k4

The result needed some editing.

[Edited at 2014-09-27 07:59 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Samuel Murray
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Kleptomania Sep 27, 2014

2nl wrote:
Condense (http://www.condenseapp.com) is a $2.99 OCR app in the Mac App Store that is a nice alternative for ABBYY Screenshot Reader (Windows).


Another tool that I have used since Windows 95 is Structurise's Kleptomania.
 


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