The C# OCR Library

OCR in 1 line of code

using IronOcr;

string imageText = new IronTesseract().Read(@"images\image.png").Text;

Install-Package IronOcr

IronOCR vs. Traditional OCR Solutions

September 25, 2025

How to Choose the Best OCR Library in C#

It can be challenging to determine the best OCR library for your project. Some libraries focus on enterprise-grade OCR capabilities and high OCR accuracy

July 24, 2025

Why IronOCR Beats LLMs for Optical Character Recognition: A Practical Guide for .NET Developers

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is vital technology for extracting text and information from images and documents. While large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and Gemini have revolutionized natural language processing.

December 16, 2024

AWS OCR vs Azure OCR (OCR Features Comparison)

These include cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Vision API on the Google Cloud platform

September 29, 2024

iOS OCR Library (Free, and Paid Tools Comparison)

In this article, I'll compare five popular OCR libraries for iOS: Tesseract OCR, Google Cloud Vision OCR, ABBYY FineReader SDK, SwiftOCR, and with a particular focus on IronOCR.iOS.

April 29, 2024

Paddle OCR vs Tesseract: Detailed OCR Comparison

Choosing the right optical character recognition (OCR) tool is crucial for anyone looking to convert images of text into editable and searchable data. Two popular options in the field are Paddle OCR and Tesseract

April 3, 2024

ABBYY FineReader vs Tesseract: OCR Comparison

ABBYY FineReader stands as a market-leading OCR solution known for its exceptional accuracy and comprehensive feature set

March 26, 2024

Tesseract vs Microsoft OCR: Head-to-Head Comparison

we will thoroughly examine the merits, drawbacks, and applicability of different OCR tools like Tesseract vs. Microsoft OCR in this article.

March 6, 2024

OCR Software Trials: Explore Top Options

This article will review some of the best OCR software trials available in 2024, and show you how to compare and evaluate them.

March 6, 2024

Best OCR Engines: IronOCR vs Competitors

an OCR program that has made a name for itself as a leader in text recognition and business process automation. In this article, we are going to learn more about the best OCR engine.

February 18, 2024

Invoice OCR Open Source Comparison: Find the Best Tool

In this article, we'll explore the three C# Invoice OCR Open Source software and libraries for Invoice processing and other OCR processes

December 12, 2023

Acrobat DC OCR Alternatives for Developers

In this article, we will dig deep into the significance of Acrobat DC OCR, explore its features and applications, and introduce IronOCR as a versatile alternative for developers seeking powerful OCR capabilities.

November 14, 2023

Textract OCR Comparison: What’s Best for Your Needs

we will explore the strengths and differences of IronOCR and AWS Textract OCR to help you make an informed choice for your OCR needs.

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AWS vs Google Vision (OCR Features Comparison)

Major players in the OCR domain, including AWS Textract, Google Vision, and IronOCR, offer distinct features and capabilities

May 16, 2023

A Comparison Between Google OCR & IronOCR

Google Cloud Vision API is a Google Cloud OCR client library which supports C# language. It allows C# developers to easily integrate Computer Vision detection features in software applications.

May 16, 2023

A Comparison Between OCR Software By Iris & IronOCR

Iris OCR SDK is a modular software toolkit that enables your applications to convert image text into editable files and provide other text recognition services.

May 8, 2023

A Comparison Between IronOCR and Nanonets OCR

Nanonets OCR API is a REST API that provides real-time data extraction tailored to your business needs for automated workflows.

January 26, 2023

A Comparison between IronOCR and Aspose.OCR

Aspose.OCR for .NET is a robust optical character recognition API. Developers can easily add OCR functionalities to their applications.

November 14, 2022

A Comparison between IronOCR and Syncfusion OCR

Syncfusion OCR is a part of a larger PDF document processing package. Syncfusion Essential Studio uses open source Google’s Tesseract Optical Character Recognition engine.

October 12, 2022

Comparison between IronOCR and AWS Textract OCR

AWS OCR Textract uses machine learning to read and process any type of document.

October 2, 2022

Tesseract Alternatives (2022 Update)

Tesseract uses highly accurate optical character recognition technology that can convert scanned paper documents into searchable digital files.

September 5, 2022

A Comparison between IronOCR and PDFTRON OCR

PDFTron SDK requires a separately downloadable OCR Module as a new optional add-on utility in order to use OCR with the SDK. It is currently available on Windows, Linux, macOS.

August 31, 2022

A Comparison between IronOCR and Tesseract.NET

The Tesseract.net SDK is a product of Patagames, an optical character recognition (OCR) library for .NET projects, and provides a way to add OCR capabilities like text recognition in .NET applications.

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A Comparison between IronOCR and Dynamsoft OCR

The Dynamsoft.NET OCR library is a .NET component that provides rapid and reliable optical character recognition. It is used for creating .NET desktop applications in C# or VB.NET.

June 8, 2022

A Comparison between IronOCR and Asprise OCR

Asprise C# .NET OCR (optical character recognition) and barcode recognition SDK offers a high-performance API library for you to equip your C# .NET applications.

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