SimpleOCR is the only OCR application that is completely free. It contains no adware or spyware, you do not need to sign up for our mailing list and SimpleOCR will never expire.

* Competitive accuracy on most documents
* OCR scanned images or existing TIFF, BMP or JPG files
* English (US & UK), French and Dutch dictionaries
* Interactive verification and correction
* Output to plain text or formatted rich text (Word)

http://www.simpleocr.com/