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Accurate multilingual OCR software for Macs
ABBYY FineReader Express for Mac is an impressively accurate and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.
ABBYY FineReader Express can convert any scanned document, PDF file and digital images into editable and searchable text while maintaining the original layout and formatting.
The most impressive aspect of ABBYY FineReader Express is the accuracy of text recognition compared to similar options such as OmniPage and Vuescan. ABBYY FineReader Express is also able to scan a much wider range of languages (171) compared to other OCR software.
The interface is simple and much more modern than OmniPage, although it still feels a bit basic and in need of an update. Of course, it also includes all the standard features you'd expect such as PDF conversions, table and spreadsheet recognition and image processing tools. However, while the text recognition accuracy is superb, you may find that formatting may not be quite as good especially when it comes to text size.
ABBYY FineReader Express is overall a very accurate and impressive piece of OCR software that could do with a few minor improvements.
User reviews about ABBYY FineReader
by Anonymous
Installer update needed.
They need to update their installer. I am running OS X 10.10.1 but the installer bombs out telling me that I need OS X 10.6 or later. Can't review it until it installs/runs.
Pros:
can't tell yet
Cons:
Ability to install on current versions of OS X More
by Anonymous
Iphone photo document OCR jpg input.
I was very impressed with how well it worked I photographed a document and it was out of focus and poorly lined up in spite of this problem it preformed better than I expected. 85% accurate. formatting issues with the word processor but easy to correct. 100% with good pictures.
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by Anonymous
Great.
Totally reliable and easy to use, give it a go, the trail is free.
I used this to convert printed text into a digital format, it had NO MISTAKES (100% accurate) when using scans from a canon printer scanner. I did try it with scans from my phone with less success. More