C# .NET OCR Components

[Bob Campbell]

I am trying to find C# .NET components that will allow me to scan an image
file (.jpg, .bmp, etc.), extract information and file the form as a .doc,
..xls or even put the information into an SQL database.

There are a few packages being sold (OCR Tools, LEADTOOLS, OCRExpress), but
they are all in the range of $3000 - $4000 for a developer license and
$300-$400 for each application installed after development.

Does anyone know of reasonably priced .NET C# OCR components that I could
include in my application?

Thanks,
Bob Campbell

 

[Hakan Fatih YILDIRIM]

maybe you can migrate an pen source OCR software to your
application.Search for an open source OCR software.And also i saw some
cheaper OCR tools on net.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/open-source-ocr-software-sponsored-by.html

Best Regards,
Hakan Fatih YILDIRIM
MCP

 

[Erik Lieben]

I am trying to find C# .NET components that will allow me to scan an image
file (.jpg, .bmp, etc.), extract information and file the form as a .doc,
.xls or even put the information into an SQL database.

There are a few packages being sold (OCR Tools, LEADTOOLS, OCRExpress), but
they are all in the range of $3000 - $4000 for a developer license and
$300-$400 for each application installed after development.

Does anyone know of reasonably priced .NET C# OCR components that I could
include in my application?

Thanks,
Bob Campbell

Not sure if it is what you need, but you can also use the OCR support
from Microsoft Office to do OCR detection for free(if you own Office)
in C# applications.
see: http://www.codeproject.com/office/modi.asp

 

[Bob Campbell]

Thanks Erik. I will try it.

Not sure if it is what you need, but you can also use the OCR support
from Microsoft Office to do OCR detection for free(if you own Office)
in C# applications.
see: http://www.codeproject.com/office/modi.asp

 

[Bob Campbell]

Thanks Hakan, I will look into it and let you know

 

[dan anos]

Hi,

Have you tried www.free-ocr.co.uk, they offer a webservice for OCR. It's free to use for small images.

Regards

Dan

 

[dan anos]

Hi,

Have you tried www.free-ocr.co.uk, It's an OCR webservice that's free to use for small images.

Dan.