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Microsoft Lens vs OCRmyPDF

A side-by-side look at Microsoft Lens and OCRmyPDF. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Microsoft Lens

Microsoft Lens

Office & Productivity

Microsoft Lens is a mobile app for iOS and Android that allows users to scan documents, whiteboards, business cards, and more using their device's camera. It has built-in optical character recognition (OCR) and can convert images to PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.

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OCRmyPDF

OCRmyPDF

Office & Productivity

OCRmyPDF is an open source command-line program and Python library that applies optical character recognition (OCR) to PDF documents. It takes an existing PDF as input and generates a new searchable PDF as output with an invisible text layer over images.

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