Cloud OCR SDK

Windows Store Apps have access to OCR API in the device.
Sometimes  there is a needed for OCR on "server/cloud".
Microsoft's own control is now deprecated.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Control | Microsoft Azure Marketplace
There are some alternatives...
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ABBYY Cloud OCR SDK 

• The “Cloud OCR SDK” is a new ABBYY online OCR service:
  • Available recognition options:
    • Full-text/full-page OCR
    • Field-level/Zonal OCR/ICR
    • Barcode recognition
    • Business Card recognition
  • Usage: online via http(s)
    no user interface
  • Processing can be controlled via web-service API
  • The recognition service can easily be integrated in own applications and services
  • Free development account just sign up!

Plans and Pricing ($0.1 -:- $0.03 / page)

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