Read PDFs and images
Extract text from scans and photographs.
In preparationMac
APOUL OCR Reader
From readable text to usable information.
Reads paper and PDFs and turns the result into text you can work with, rather than a picture of words.
In preparationBeing prepared for release. Price and distribution will be announced once fixed.
- OCR for PDFs and images
- Recognition runs in the cloud
- Check on screen before saving
Terms and policies
The terms of use and privacy policy will be linked here at release.
All terms and policiesWhy this exists
Text you can see but cannot use.
A scan or a photo holds words you cannot search, copy or paste. OCR Reader turns those into text, and shows you the result before anything is saved.
Screens
What it looks like.
Mac screens from a development build, in Japanese. The documents are made-up samples, and screens may change before release.
What it does
What it does.
Check and correct before saving
You can review and correct extracted fields (issuer, dates, amounts, etc.) in the app. Corrected values are used in exported files, and the original values are kept in the review record. The full transcribed text cannot be edited in the app; edit it in the exported file.
Document types
Pulls amounts, dates, partners and other fields from receipts, invoices and vouchers; the type is detected automatically or chosen by hand.
Japanese and English
The app can be switched between Japanese and English.
Cloud processing
Recognition runs on a server, not on your machine.
When you would use it
Situations, not features.
A scanned document you must quote
Get the text instead of retyping it.
A photographed page
Turn it into something searchable.
Paper that has to become data
Read once, reuse many times.
How it goes
The basic flow.
You should be able to guess the next step without reading a manual.
- 1Choose a document
A PDF or an image.
- 2It is read
Recognition runs in the cloud.
- 3Check, then save
Nothing is stored until you accept it.
Your document leaves your machine.
Documents you select are sent to an APOUL server and processed by an external AI service. APOUL does not keep the content after processing, but if your documents cannot leave your organisation, this app is not suitable. Details of the external service will be given at release. If you only need to split a PDF, APOUL PDF Split does that on your own machine.
Questions
Common questions.
You can review and correct extracted fields (issuer, dates, amounts, etc.) in the app. Corrected values are used in exported files, and the original values are kept in the review record. The full transcribed text cannot be edited in the app; edit it in the exported file.
Yes. It is sent to an APOUL server and processed by an external AI service.
APOUL does not keep the content after processing. Details will be given at release.
Then this app is not suitable. Consider PDF Split, which works locally.
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