IronOCR VB.NET Library: Text Recognition API

Key Features

• VB.NET OCR library is an optical character recognition library for Visual Basic .NET projects, generally compiled to the .NET Framework.
• Iron OCR allows images, PDFs, scans, and photographs to be read for text, and that text returned as a string back to the developer.
• Coming soon for .Net Core and .NET Standard.
• https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/ocr/technology/ocr-vb-net/ or https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronOcr/

Technical Specifications

• **Publisher:** Ironsoftware.com
• **License:** Shareware
• **Operating System:** Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
• **Last Updated:** October 15, 2025
• **Category:** Programming / Developer Tools