We tested dozens of mobile OCR software in 2018. 1. Adobe Acrobat DC is the best OCR software for Mac if your tasks include both on-page and off-page processing. What are the main advantages of Adobe Acrobat DC? · Adobe Acrobat DC software is free to download and is the industry leader in PDF editing, editing, scanning, and recognition of text and documents. · It's fast, which makes it good for tasks such as editing PDFs, but also for reading them. · It supports OCR (optical character recognition) so that pages can be digitized to recognition level. · It is compatible with many PDF reader apps. · It also supports “convertible” PDFs, meaning that it can convert them to PDF formats to take advantage of their image quality, page layout, page number, etc. · There are a bunch of handy tools like keyboard shortcuts, so you can do something while you're on the go. · It supports the Apple Pages app. · It works on iOS, macOS, and many other systems, including Windows. · It can work directly on Apple devices, so it can be used by any Mac user. · Also, some versions of the software can be used on Windows, as well. Adobe Acrobat DC is perfect for: · PDF document recognition · PDF writing (especially for text documents) · Quick access to page headers · Reading PDFs as images (as PDFs) · Document recognition · Printing PDFs · Using OCR to replace handwriting. What are the main disadvantages of Adobe Acrobat DC? · It's not free to use. The only way to get it is by purchasing a software license. When are you going to use Adobe Acrobat DC? · First, you'll use it if you have to. If not, then you can consider trying it. What's the best use case for Adobe Acrobat DC? · PDF document recognition · Document creation and editing · Using OCR on a document to replace handwriting. Which do I use to get started with Adobe Acrobat DC? · Download our free trial: Acrobat Reader • For reading and editing PDF files. • For creating, saving to. · For PDF writing. Adobe Acrobat DC is great if you need to do both on-page and off-page processing.