OCR Software | ABBYY FineReader
FineReader is an all-in-one OCR and PDF software application for increasing business productivity when working with documents. It provides powerful, yet easy-to-use tools to access and modify information locked in paper-based documents and PDFs.
The best choice to work with paper-based PDF documents
A single solution to edit, review, protect, compare, and convert PDFs and scans
Award-winning technology from trusted leader in OCR
FineReader combines exceptional-class document conversion, PDF management and document comparison features into a single modern interface. It offers all-in-one business solution, optimized for daily tasks with paper-based PDFs and scans.
20+ years expertise in OCR
FineReader stands out for it’s exceptional recognition accuracy and extended OCR capabilities, providing businesses with the world-best ABBYY OCR toolset.
- 99.8% accuracy
- Document areas control
- Clean tables & charts extraction
- Convenient verification tool
- Smart image preprocessing
- Train new characters option
Seamless integration of OCR into PDF features
You can now handle any type of PDF document, even scanned, in the same way as you work with digitally-born PDFs, without noticing the difference.
- Search inside any PDFs
- Edit and re-use content from scans
- Cross-format document comparison
Powerful automation with Hot Folder
Easily convert large amount of PDFs or images in a fully automated and unattended way with the Hot Folder app.
- Schedule document conversion
- Set up “watched” folders
- Control conversion settings
Features
FineReader simplifies working with paper-based documents and PDFs by combining powerful OCR and conversion technologies with essential PDF tools.
Convert PDFs and scans
World-leading OCR technology to accurately convert paper documents, scans and PDFs to Word, Excel®, searchable PDF and other formats.
Edit and comment PDF
Edit any PDFs including scans, create PDF from multiple files, comment and annotate, search in, protect and prepare for sharing, fill in forms and more.
Compare documents
Quickly identify text changes between different versions of the same document – whether a scan, PDF, Word document or presentation.
Automate conversion
Streamline document conversion using the Hot Folder tool to schedule batch processing and track documents for conversion with “watched” folders.
Industry Cases
Legal
FineReader helps law practices and in house legal departments achieve greater productivity by making legal documents actionable. Enables attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff to easily process, manage and make the most of the information in paper and image-only documents and PDFs.
Education
With FineReader, educational institutions and library services can provide lecturers, researchers, and students with special needs with a powerful tool for accessing information in books, articles and study materials – and for sharing it with others via PDFs.
Government
FineReader helps government organizations manage paper-heavy processes more effectively – by eliminating error-prone retyping and document recreation when working with paper-based documents or converting documents for long-term archiving.