ExtractOCR - with Freedom Theme

When we try to install ExtractOcr we get a Call to undefined function ExtractOcr\shell_exec(). We are hosted at Reclaim Hosting and understand this is disabled at the server root level for security reasons. Is there an alternative way to get ExtractOcr to work? Have other institutions enabled that function safely for this application? Thank you for any insights you can provide.

Thank you, Ariana1, for those four suggested workarounds. We will definitely check with Reclaim.

cmrobin