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ScanToText (OCR) on Windows Pc

Developed By: ANDRETOR

License: Free

Rating: 3,2/5 - 876 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.4
Size 20 MB
Release Date April 13, 13
Category Productivity Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to write to external storage. [see more (2)]

What's New:
Version 1.4: (BETA)- Added ability to choose and extract text from previously taken pictures from the "Gallery".- Bug fixesVersion 1.3: (BETA)-... [see more]

Description from Developer:
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT WORK WITH BUILT-IN CROP APP ON ANDROID VERSION 4.3! (MOSTLY FOUND ON NEXUS DEVICES).

This is an offline (does not require internet con... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download ScanToText (OCR) and install on Windows PC. ScanToText (OCR) is free Productivity app, developed by ANDRETOR. Latest version of ScanToText (OCR) is 1.4, was released on 2013-04-13 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of ScanToText (OCR) is 3,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 876 users, 245 users had rated it 5*, 306 users had rated it 1*.

How to install ScanToText (OCR) on Windows?

Instruction on how to install ScanToText (OCR) on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install ScanToText (OCR) on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install ScanToText (OCR) using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "ScanToText (OCR)" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install ScanToText (OCR) on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "ScanToText (OCR)" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.4.

Download ScanToText (OCR) 1.4 on Windows PC – 20 MB

IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT WORK WITH BUILT-IN CROP APP ON ANDROID VERSION 4.3! (MOSTLY FOUND ON NEXUS DEVICES).

This is an offline (does not require internet connection to work) Optical Text Recognition (OCR) application which can be used to convert text (either English or Russian ONLY!!!!! for now) on a paper to editable digital text on your device. Extracted/converted text can later be edited if required, selected and saved to a clipboard and/or shared via any application installed on the device (e.g. translated with Google translate.)
Please read instructions before using the app, especially if you have trouble with getting quality results.

Note: This is my very first app and is also currently in a BETA state, so please let me know if you find any bugs or other issues. Suggestions on improvement are also welcome (aside from design, I know it's bad).

Other info/comments:
- Text recognition is based on "tesseract" OCR.
- In order to keep app size reasonably small, only English and Russian languages are supported for now. Later I might include other languages.
- App contains open source code released under Apache License, Version 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

Some tags: OCR, offline OCR, scan, scanner, document, extract text, images, ScanToText, scan text, scan to text, extract text from image, convert image to text.
Version 1.4: (BETA)
- Added ability to choose and extract text from previously taken pictures from the "Gallery".
- Bug fixes

Version 1.3: (BETA)
- Removed settings button (there were never any settings available)
- A few enhancements
- Multiple bug fixes

Version 1.2: (BETA)
- Bug fixes

Version 1.1: (BETA)
- Removed unnecessary permissions
- Significantly improved memory efficiency.
- A few other bug fixes.

Version 1.0: Initial Release (BETA state)
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.