ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional OCR accurately converts paper and image documents into editable formats including Microsoft Office and searchable PDF – enabling you to reuse their content, archive them more efficiently and retrieve more quickly.
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional eliminates the need to retype documents and ensures that important information is readily available. It instantly provides access to the entire document of any size and supports 190 languages in any combinations.
Edit a scanned document or an image PDF
Edit and create new documents based on paper or image-only originals. FineReader’s ability to turn documents, however complex their layouts, into editable files saves you significant time and effort.
Search and archive documents
An essential tool for the paperless office, ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional lets you transform the information trapped in paper or images into actionable, searchable, digital content.
Extract information from paper originals
Quickly access content trapped in image-only PDFs and scans. Instantly copy and quote sections of content, including text, tables or images.
Windows® 8 / 8.1 certified
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional is compatible with Windows 8/8.1. Both 32 and 64 bit systems are supported.
Converts Images into Text Quickly and Accurately
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional scans and converts image documents into editable text and searchable PDFs with a recognition accuracy of up to 99.8%* .
Advanced Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT®) precisely retains the formatting and multi-page structure of original documents. It saves time by significantly reducing the need to manually correct the output files. For even faster results, FineReader’s Fast Mode recognition delivers a 40% speed enhancement.
Supports More Languages Than Any Other OCR
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional supports recognition of 190 languages for OCR and PDF conversion in any language combination, including significantly improved OCR for Asian languages.
Extracts Text and Tables from Selected Areas
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional provides instant access to the documents you are digitizing or converting. Whether it’s two pages or two thousand, you can start reviewing them or choose any fragment that you need to copy – without the need to wait until the processing of your document is completed. Just select the area you wish to extract and ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional will recognize it and make it available for copying in seconds.
Creates Searchable PDFs with One Click
Easily make documents available for fast search by converting them to searchable PDF and PDF/A formats. Optional MRC compression enables you to save storage resources, when necessary.
Incoming images are automatically preprocessed with ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional, with no need to work through time-consuming menus. For example, applying PreciseScan technology smooths the text in low-quality scans to improve the visual quality of output files. And to fine tune results, ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional offers an extensive set of manual image editing tools that enable you to optimize documents for archiving.
Easily Converts PDFs into Editable Formats
Thanks to flexible PDF conversion capabilities, FineReader OCR PDF software enables you to turn PDFs into editable text that you can update, edit or re-use.
Provides Powerful Tools for Improving Results
To ensure the results you get are exactly what you want, FineReader offers built-in text verification and editing tools that reduce the need for editing and correction after your documents are converted.
Verification tool with support for intuitive shortcuts dramatically reduces the time you need to check if everything is recognized properly, and make necessary corrections. Using the text editor, you can easily check and change text formatting and manage styles before saving the recognition results.
Creates E-books for Reading On-The-Go
FineReader OCR PDF software enables you to digitize paper documents and PDFs and convert them into mobile-friendly formats that you can use with e-book readers, tablets or smartphones for on-the-go reading.
Sends and Retrieves Documents from the Cloud
Easily download documents for conversion from Cloud storage providers including Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive or SharePoint Online. Save the results to your preferred service provider for backup and share just as easily.
Designed in a New Windows 8 Look and Feel
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional features an improved Quick Tasks menu that is available from the Windows 8 Start screen. Now, with one click, it converts documents into most popular editable formats including Microsoft Word, Excel and PDF – and without having to launch FineReader’s main window.
Support for Windows 8 basic touch gestures ensures that you enjoy the latest usability enhancements.
Reads Text on Digital Photos
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional applies intelligent pre-processing algorithms that improve photographed image quality, remove noise, straighten text lines and whiten backgrounds to achieve the highest conversion accuracy. And it makes documents converted from photographs look almost as good as scans making it virtually impossible to tell the difference.
Captures Content from Screenshots
Bonus application! FineReader comes with a free copy of ABBYY Screenshot Reader, which enables fast copying of text, tables or images from your screen – and easily inserting them into reports, presentations, emails, etc.
Faster conversion and higher accuracy
Providing up to 99.8% recognition accuracy, ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional delivers up to 15% faster document processing than before*.
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional also offers up to 30% better retention of charts and graphs, to simplify working with business documents. New and improved language capabilities help to raise accuracy even further.
Enhanced recognition technology for Arabic and Asian languages
Along with significantly improved accuracy for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional continues to lead the market with support for 190 languages – 48 of them featuring dictionary support.
Instant document opening and background processing
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional allows immediate access to the documents you open, while the time consuming and resource intensive OCR process runs in the background. This means that while ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional is working on recognition, you can view content, rearrange pages, edit recognized areas or even select snippets for immediate citation.
Quick quotes extraction
Extracting sections of text or tables now takes mere seconds with ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional. Just select an area you need to copy and right-click on it to pull the quote – no need to wait while the rest of the document’s pages are being processed. FineReader will convert the selected area immediately, allowing you to insert it into another document.
Seamless conversion of tables and numerical data
New ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional improves table conversion by up to 40% saving engineers, financial professionals and educators significant time and effort correcting results.
Image Enhancement technology for better appearance of archived copies
Turn photographed documents into scan-quality images using the new automatic image pre-processing options, manually apply improvements such as auto-crop of multiple images or whiten background of old documents, which have turned yellow or grey with time.
Enhance the reading and printing experience for searchable PDFs by using the new PreciseScan technology which smooths pixelated characters, improving the visual quality of your documents.
Plus, the new tool for removing color stamps and pen marks assures better recognition quality and improves the appearance of basic business documents.
Faster and easier results verification and correction
The enhanced Verification tool now allows you to apply both spelling and formatting corrections, with intuitive hot keys and tab controls that make it easy to navigate through the verification process.
Send and retrieve files from the Cloud more easily
You can easily access popular cloud storage such as Google Drive, Dropbox, SkyDrive and more, opening or saving documents by using native Windows dialogs. In addition, ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional enables seamless document sharing through direct integration with Microsoft SharePoint Online/ Office 365.
Designed in a new Windows 8 look and feel
ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional is Windows 8 certified and utilizes new options provided by the operating system to make your work easier. Now you have quick access to one-click conversion tasks right from the Windows 8 start screen and can use basic touch gestures to scroll and zoom on laptops with touch screens.
FAQ
Do I need a scanner to use ABBYY FineReader?
No, you do not need a scanner to run the program. You can use image files, for example, photos from your digital camera, or PDF files without text layer.
How do I download the trial version of the program?
You can download the trial version of ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional from this page.
What scanners are compatible with FineReader 12?
ABBYY FineReader supports all TWAIN- and WIA-compatible scanners, multi-function peripherals (MFPs) and all-in-one devices. You can find such scanners among the popular models offered by Avision, Brother, Canon, Epson, Fujitsu, HP, Kodak, Lexmark, Microtek, Mustek, Oki, Panasonic, Plustek, Ricoh, Visioneer, VuPoint, Xerox, and many other vendors
If you cannot make your scanning device work with an ABBYY software product, please visit our Knowledge Base or contact our technical support service.
Which scanning settings are optimal for recognition purposes?
Resolution of 300 dpi for standard texts (font size 10 and larger) and 400-600 dpi for texts with small font size (9 and less). Grayscale color mode.
Does the program’s activation code change after it is reinstalled? Will I need to get a new one?
The activation code does not change when the program is reinstalled on a computer. It does change, however, when significant changes were made to the computer’s hardware configuration – for example, if the computer’s hard disk was re-formatted, or if its operating system is reinstalled or changed. In these cases you will need to activate the program again and receive a new activation code.
How do I remove a license in ABBYY FineReader?
Follow these instructions to remove a license.
What does “dictionary support” mean?
Dictionary support enables secondary analysis of the text elements at the word level. With dictionary support, the program ensures even more accurate analysis and recognition of documents and simplifies further verification of recognition results. ABBYY FineReader 12 provides dictionary support for 48 languages.
How can I save a document as a PDF file without recognizing it?
To save images as PDF files without recognizing the text they contain, open the File menu and select the Save Images item. In the Save Images As dialog, select PDF from the Save as Type drop-down list and save the images.
Can ABBYY FineReader recognize text that contains unusual symbols (pictograms, the © and ® symbols, etc.)?
ABBYY FineReader can be trained to recognize all Unicode symbols. To recognize text with uncommon Unicode symbols, follow the instructions.
Can ABBYY FineReader recognize text in non-standard and decorative fonts?
You can use the Recognition with Training feature of ABBYY FineReader Professional to recognize non-standard fonts. This feature lets you create custom patterns for recognizing unusual fonts.
To enable the Recognition with Training feature, open the tools menu, select the Options item, go to the Read tab and select the Read with training or Train user pattern option.
You can find out more about recognition with training in the Advanced Features > Recognition with Training section of ABBYY FineReader’s help.
Can ABBYY FineReader capture hand-written text?
ABBYY FineReader can only capture printed texts.
Why does the following error message appear during startup: “The RPC server is unavailable”?
When ABBYY FineReader is started, the following error message appears: ABBYY licensing service is unavailable. The RPC server is unavailable.
To fix this problem follow the instructions here.
Why do I get the following error message during activation of the program: “This serial number cannot be activated automatically “
The following error message appears during activation of the program: This serial number cannot be activated automatically. You may be trying to activate the program on more computers than is allowed by the End User License Agreement.
This message appears when the serial number of the program you’re trying to activate was blocked. This can happen for several reasons:
The serial number was activated very frequently
The serial number was used to upgrade a program
Violation of the end-user license agreement.
PC Requirements
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista® / XP
Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2003
For working with localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required
Hardware
PC with 1 GHz or higher
1024 MB RAM
In a multiprocessor system, an additional 512 MB of RAM is required for each additional processor core
850 MB of hard disk space for typical program installation and 850 MB free space for optimal program operation
Video card with 1280×1024 resolution or higher
Internet connection required to activate your serial number. Some FineReader 12 versions support activation by phone in addition to activation by internet. Connection charges for telephone or Internet may apply.
Price: 99.99 USD
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