SimpleView works fine with normal text, but its handling of multi-column layouts could be a disappointment.
Browse folders to get previews of your documents.Set it up to read directly from a scanner or by adding a page (JPG, TIFF, BMP formats).Use these tips to get the most out of the free version: The free version supports machine print recognition of one file with up to 100 files, using the open-source Tesseract OCR or its in-house SimpleOCR engine.
During the trial or with the paid version, you can also convert files in bulk and edit images. If you find that other tools, like OneNote, struggle with converting handwritten text, use the 30-day free trial of SimpleView, which includes handwriting recognition powered by the FineReader OCR engine.