SimpleOCR 3.5 was available to download from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available. This free program was originally designed by Simple Software.
The software lies within Office Tools, more precisely Document management. The most popular versions of the SimpleOCR 3.5, 3.1 and 3.0.
We cannot guarantee that the program is safe to download as it will be downloaded from the developer's website. Before launching the program, check it with any free antivirus software. You can install this free PC program on Windows 2000/XP/XP Professional/Vista/7/8/10/11 32-bit. SimpleOCR.exe, MSPSCAN.EXE or Time Stopper.exe are the common file names to indicate the SimpleOCR installer.
From the developer:
Convert your scanned images to text files or Word documents with SimpleOCR--the only OCR (Optical Character Recognition) application that is completly free. SimpleOCR is also a royalty-free developer toolkit (aka SDK or API) that you may use to add OCR to your custom software application.
You may want to check out more software, such as XML Viewer, Final Draft or ScanSoft OmniPage, which might be similar to SimpleOCR.