

I use the former and it works fine for me. There are 2 versions - tinySpell which is freeware and tinySpell+ which you pay for. TinySpell installs itself in the taskbar notification area for easy access. It can also check the spelling of text that you copy to the clipboard. TinySpell can watch your typing on the fly and alert you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check and correct the spelling in any Windows application. Occasionally you need to check spelling in an application that does not include a spelling checker and you don't want to launch your word processor just for that.

In my opinion, the conversion accuracy of the Microsoft tools was considerably better than SimpleOCR.Since neither of these programs has a built-in spell checker, I've found tinySpell to be very useful.Ĭheck spelling with tinySpell: a tiny portable free spell checker SimpleOCR was fine with normal text, but its handling of multi-column layouts was a disappointment. The converted file can be saved to a DOC or TXT format. SimpleOCR offers some control over the conversion through text selection, image selection and text ignore features.Ĭonversion to text takes the process into a validation stage a user can correct discrepancies in the converted text using an in-built spell-checker. Set it up to read directly from a scanner or by adding a page (JPG, TIFF, BMP formats). The software is clunky and looks outdated as it hasn't been updated since version 3.1, but you can still try it out for its simplicity. Machine print recognition though does not have any restrictions.

But the software offers handwriting recognition only as a 14-day free trial. The problem I was having with handwriting recognition using Microsoft tools could have been solved by SimpleOCR. This is a screen capture of SimpleOCR's interface
