DocuFreezer

DocuFreezer is a software solution designed to convert documents and images into various formats, such as PDF, searchable PDF, and editable text documents. According to the vendor, it includes built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) functionality, enabling users to extract text from scanned images and make it searchable. DocuFreezer caters to small to large companies and is utilized by professionals and industries like legal professionals, administrative and office professionals, financial institutions, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations.

Key Features

OCR Conversion: According to the vendor, DocuFreezer incorporates built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to convert scanned images into editable text documents. Users can extract text from images or image-based documents, supporting various file formats like PDF, TIFF, PNG, and JPEG.

Searchable PDF Creation: DocuFreezer facilitates the creation of searchable PDFs by utilizing OCR technology. It converts image-only PDFs or other file types into searchable PDFs containing editable text. This feature is particularly useful for archiving and organizing documents that require easy searchability.

Input and Output File Formats: DocuFreezer supports a wide range of input file formats, including PDF, scanned images (TIFF, PNG, JPEG), CAD drawings, and Excel files. The resulting output files can be plain text files (TXT) or searchable PDF files. Users have the ability to convert PDFs to text, scanned images to text, and CAD drawings to searchable PDF or TXT formats.

OCR Languages: According to the vendor, DocuFreezer currently supports multiple OCR languages, including English, German, Hebrew, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Users can select the language of their input documents to enhance the accuracy of text recognition during OCR conversion.

Adobe Acrobat as OCR Engine: Users who have Adobe Acrobat DC (Version 12 or higher) installed can utilize it as the OCR engine in DocuFreezer. According to the vendor, enabling Acrobat as the OCR component may result in improved OCR accuracy compared to the default optical recognition engine.

OCR Accuracy Enhancement: According to the vendor, DocuFreezer provides tips and recommendations to enhance the accuracy of OCR results. Users are advised to improve the quality of source images by scanning them at a higher DPI and selecting lossless file formats like TIFF. They can also enhance image contrast, increase text size, and select only the languages present in the documents to optimize OCR accuracy.