ABBYY FineReader v11

New Features

What's new in ABBYY FineReader 11

Faster to use

Use the new black and white processing mode to convert scans up to 45% faster. Plus take advantage of the improved 'fast reading mode' to read documents up to 70% faster than the 'thorough reading mode'.

Enhanced ADRT

Advanced Document Recognition Technology (ADRT) improvements mean ADRT now detects and preserves vertical headers, re-creates text in margins and preserves overall page layout and formatting.

eBook creation

Convert paper books and articles into the EPUB or FB2 formats and send them directly to your Amazon Kindle.

Advanced camera OCR

Get improved accuracy and layout retention with photos taken with standard digital or smartphone cameras.

Convert documents to OpenOffice.org Writer

Convert images and PDFs directly to OpenOffice.org Writer format (ODT), with the native layout and formatting accurately preserved.

Enhanced bulk document processing

Scan a batch of documents in one go and split them up using the new Split Document Tool.

Improved image editing

Improve image quality with new processing tools to control brightness, contrast and tonal values.

New support for Arabic, Vietnamese and Turkmen

ABBYY FineReader now supports 189 languages with new support for Arabic, Vietnamese and Turkmen.

Export to DjVu

Get high-quality images requiring minimal space by saving to the DjVu file format.

Better PDF Conversion

Take advantage of three new PDF saving modes: Best Quality, Compact Size or Balanced. Plus enhanced MRC compression reduces PDF files sizes by up to 80% better than the previous version with no quality degradation.

Plus - enhancements to ABBYY Screenshot Reader

Capture images and text on your computer screen - and now preserve the exact size of the original screenshot. ABBYY Screenshot Reader is available free for registered users of ABBYY FineReader.

Features

Powerful, accurate OCR technology

Convert your paper based documents and image files to fully editable, fully formatted text documents. With highly accurate recognition technology, even on documents such as faxes, and the retention of formatting of tables and images, FineReader allows you to move to electronic documents with no retyping or reformatting.

Unique ADRT technology

Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT) is a technology specific to ABBYY that intelligently analyses multi-page documents and can accurately reconstruct the original layout. ADRT can reconstruct complex features such as headers and footers, page numbering, captions, footnotes, table of contents and more and export them to Microsoft Office.

Digital image recognition

Produce OCR text from digital photographs captured by cameras or even camera phones (2MP+ photo size required). FineReader provides a number of tools to adjust digital photos before processing to ensure the highest quality image for OCR processing. This includes: ISO noise correction, blurred image correction, image deskewing and despeckling, line straightening and more.

Multi-lingual support

OCR technology recognises over 180 languages including a variety of Latin and Cyrillic languages, Greek, Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Hebrew, and Korean. FineReader automatically identifies the appropriate languages and supports spell-checking capabilities for 39 languages (and supports Microsoft Office Word's custom dictionary).

Easy to use interface

Quick Tasks allow you to quickly select the required task and get the converted file with just a mouse click. The automated Quick Tasks dramatically reduce amount of steps typically required to process a document and helps to increase productivity.

Integrates with Microsoft Office

Export your OCR documents to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat or Reader. In addition, recognised text can be saved in a variety of file formats, including PDF, PDF/A, HTML, Microsoft Word XML, DOC/DOCX, RTF, XLS/ XLSX, PPTX, CSV and TXT. You can also launch FineReader directly from Office.

PDF Support

Save OCR documents to a text-based PDF that makes text search and retrieval easy. New PDF compression methods help to decrease the size of the produced PDF file whilst retaining the visual quality and the low file sizes and optimised content mean they can be published on the Web. FineReader also supports the creation of password-protected PDF files and other permission settings and complies with the latest encryption standards.

Barcode Recognition

ABBYY FineReader reads both 1-D and 2-D barcodes. It recognises a barcode and displays its value.

High speed processing

FineReader leverages the full potential of multi-core processors to recognise multipage documents with maximum efficiency provided you have a multi-core processor. This feature is especially useful for high-volume document conversion.

FREE - Screenshot Reader

Capture areas of the screen (make screenshots) and recognise text and tables on them. Screenshot Reader is also an ideal “quick OCR' tool when you want to pull small quotes or a few sentences of text from a PDF or image file.

Editions

ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition

ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition is ideal for individual users processing documents. It is available as a single user licence with volume licences also available. It can be installed on individual workstations or centrally installed from a server.

ABBYY FineReader 11 Corporate Edition

ABBYY FineReader 11 Corporate Edition is ideal for processing documents within a network, automating OCR workflows and sharing licences within a group. It is available as a single user licence with volume licences and concurrent licences also available. It can be installed on individual workstations, centrally installed from a server and a licence manager is included to monitor licence usage and sharing.

The following FineReader features are only found in the Corporate Edition:

• Export to Microsoft SharePoint
• Redaction of sensitive information
• Automatic document conversion with customisable tasks
• Includes ABBYY Business Card Reader
• Unattended automated document processing with ABBYY Hot Folder & Scheduling
• Monitoring and batch processing of documents in local/network folders, FTP folders, mailbox
• Licence manager utility for controlling licence usage in LANs
• Cost-effective concurrent licences available with Terminal Server support.

System Req.

General system requirements

• PC with 1 GHz or faster CPU
• Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, XP
• 1024 MB RAM + 512MB RAM for each additional processor core
• 700 MB for installation, 700 MB for operation
• Video card and monitor (1024×768 or higher)
• TWAIN- or WIA-compatible scanner, digital camera or fax-modem (optional)
• An active Internet connection to activate your serial number.

Digital camera requirements

• Minimum: 2-megapixel sensor with variable focus lens
• Recommended: 5-megapixel sensor, optical zoom, flash disable feature, manual focusing, manual aperture control/aperture priority mode, image stabilisation/tripod.

Supported applications

• Microsoft Word 2002 (10.0), 2003 (11.0), 2007 (12.0) and 2010 (14.0)
• Microsoft Excel 2002 (10.0), 2003 (11.0), 2007 (12.0) and 2010 (14.0)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (11.0) (with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 formats), 2007 (12.0) and 2010 (14.0)
• Corel WordPerfect 10.0 (2002), 11.0 (2003), 12.0 and 14.0
• Lotus Word Pro 97 and Millennium Edition
• OpenOffice.org 3
• Adobe Acrobat/Reader (5.0 and later).

File input formats

• BMP, PCX, DCX, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG2, PNG, TIFF, PDF, XPS, DjVu, GIF, WDP

File output formats

• DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPTX, RTF, PDF, PDF/A, HTML, CSV, TXT, ODT, DjVu, EPUB, FB2, BMP, TIFF, PCX, DCX, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG2, PNG.