Readiris
Readiris is optical character recognition (OCR) software that converts scanned documents, PDFs and images into editable, searchable text. It supports multiple languages and file formats, and integrates with document management workflows to automate the digitisation of paper records. The app is commonly used by businesses, legal firms, archivists and individuals who need to extract text from photographs or scanned documents for editing, searching or repurposing.
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1 suggestionReadiris is still distributed as Intel-only software as of May 2026, and there is no public information indicating that a native Apple Silicon build is in active development. With less than 28 months until Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), it is important to contact the vendor directly to ask whether they plan to ship a native Apple Silicon version and when. If the vendor has no plans to go native, you should begin evaluating alternative OCR solutions now — including Prizmo, PDFPen (which has a native build), ABBYY FineReader, or the free Tesseract-based tools — so that you are not locked out of OCR on an M-series Mac after September 2028.
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