The C# OCR Library

If you're a C# programmer and you're looking to add OCR capabilities to your web or desktop application, the C# OCR Library by the 'Iron OCR software Development Team' is a software package you should consider. This library allows you to convert scanned documents or text images into plain, indexable text that can be indexed by database and read by computer applications.

Iron OCR is a powerful tool that caters to software development professionals of all levels who need to add image to text functionality to their applications. With its "image to text" feature, it can render graphical representations of characters into strings of data. What's more, it has built-in OCR dictionaries and pre-trained machine learning models for languages, including English.

One of the best things about the C# OCR Library is its easy installation. It's easily managed via the NuGet package manager and can be integrated into the Microsoft Visual Studio software development environment. Additionally, the API is simple and intuitive, allowing OCR to be added to an application in just three lines of code.

The C# OCR Library offers different licensing options, including a free development license for application build and testing. For commercial purposes, there are personal, organization, and enterprise licenses available. The library features open-source examples with source code, which can be found on the website and on GitHub.

Optical character recognition software can be highly complicated, but Iron OCR simulates human vision by comparing characters found in images to existing characters found in typefaces and handwriting. Machine learning models (such as decision trees and hidden Markov chains) teach the software to recognize characters and perform OCR in real-time.

The C# OCR Library was developed by the Iron software OCR development team and can be found online at ironsoftware.com/csharp/ocr.