Innovative New and Enhanced Features Improve User Experience and Efficiency Throughout Document Digitization Process
ABBYY®, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies and services, today announced FineReader 12, the newest version of its award-winning Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and document conversion software.
FineReader 12 delivers faster document conversion, the ability to quickly open documents of any length while OCR processing runs in the background, and instant recognition of selected text or tables on the page without requiring recognition of the full page. In addition, FineReader 12 offers enhanced OCR accuracy for common business documents and Asian languages, as well as new image enhancement tools enabling users to produce digital copies of documents with even higher visual quality than the originals.
"Serving as a bridge between paper and digital documents, OCR software is one of the essential tools to build an efficient working environment," commented Ivan Bodyagin, director of the FineReader Desktop Products Department at ABBYY. "FineReader 12 was designed to simplify every step of the process for digitizing paper documents including scanning, editing and copying text, and adapting them for searchable archives."
FineReader 12 delivers intuitive tools for scanning documents and converting images of documents, or any selected areas on them, into editable and searchable electronic formats such as Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PDF, TXT, popular e-book formats and more. In addition, ABBYY's OCR technology delivers outstanding quality when "reading" printed text in any of the 190 supported languages and their combinations. With its unique ABBYY Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ABBYY ADRT®), FineReader efficiently recreates large, complex documents while maintaining native formatting attributes (e.g. headers, footers, page numbering, table of contents, etc.) across all pages.
In addition, FineReader 12 offers a number of powerful improvements, including:
-- Background OCR for Maximum Efficiency -- FineReader 12 offers an
innovative document conversion approach that enables users to open, view
and start working with documents of any size immediately, rather than
requiring the full document to be processed as is common with other
solutions. FineReader 12's background OCR saves considerable time by
providing access to all document pages at once.
-- Easy Extraction of Data and Text Quotation -- With its optimized
interface and newly added controls, FineReader 12 enables users to
easily copy tables or formatted text from any selected area without the
need to recognize the entire document.
-- Seamless Conversion of Tables -- FineReader 12 improves table conversion
by up to 40 percent*, saving engineers, financial professionals or other
specialists significant time and effort when working with numerical
data. Additionally, when saving to XLSX format FineReader 12 simplifies
the process of converting tables and charts or adding new tables to
existing files.
-- Easier Saving and Retrieving Files from the Cloud -- FineReader 12
provides easier access to popular cloud storage solutions such as Google
Drive(TM), Dropbox(TM), SkyDrive® and more. In addition, direct
integration with Microsoft SharePoint® Online / Office 365(TM)
facilitates greater document sharing.
-- Visual Quality Enhancement for Scans, Photos and PDF Documents -- New
PreciseScan technology from ABBYY smoothes pixelated characters on
searchable PDFs, improving the visual quality of documents for easier
reading, archiving or better printing results. Improved ABBYY Camera OCR
enables users to turn photos of documents into scanner-quality images
and offers new photo pre-processing functions such as auto crop of
multiple images and whitening of the original document's background.
-- Enhanced Hot Folder in FineReader 12 Corporate Edition -- Improved Hot
Folder function for batch conversion of documents now speeds up overall
conversion processes and supports dual-core processing.
-- Windows 8 Compatibility and Gesture Support-- ABBYY FineReader 12 is
compatible with Windows 8 and utilizes new options provided by the
operating system, including the ability to use basic touch gestures to
scroll and zoom on laptops with touch screens.
Availability
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional is available immediately through various online stores, selected retail outlets and resellers worldwide. ABBYY FineReader 12 Corporate, designed to meet the needs of mid-to-large businesses and organizations, will become available later in 2014.
