OnlineOCR.net: Established OCR service with document format output — but requires email registration for more than 15 pages/hour and uploads files to remote servers.
OnlineOCR.net targets office workers who need to convert scanned documents to editable Word or Excel files. Its document output formats (DOCX, XLSX) differentiate it from basic OCR tools that only output plain text.
The friction: guest access is limited to 15 pages per hour. Beyond that, email registration is required. All files are uploaded to OnlineOCR.net's servers — there is no local processing option. For simple image-to-text extraction, the registration requirement adds unnecessary friction.