FineReader blog

Unsurprisingly, the quality of optical character recognition (OCR) is heavily dependent on the quality of the document photos you feed to the system. Digital workers, or software robots, big data and even machine learning technologies are helpless if the text on the photo is downright illegible. The good news is that it only takes you a few moments of careful preparation, and then ABBYY's technology will do the work to complete the process.

ABBYY FineReader PDF for Mac is a software that converts PDFs, document images, and scans, with expanded PDF support. It was initially released in April 2021. Recently, it has gotten a significant update, the Release 2 and 3, which further evolves the software: it provides essential tools for manually correcting scanned and photographed documents, improves stability of functioning, and ensures the support of the newest Mac operating system.

PDF files are a convenient way to exchange documents for all types of usage scenarios. But PDFs often can be large and cumbersome–ABBYY FineReader PDF 15 can help with that. How to make a PDF smaller First, open the document in FineReader PDF. Click on the menu “File” to find the option “Reduce File Size”. There are several options available to adjust the quality of pictures and the size of the resulting file.

We're proud to announce ABBYY FineReader PDF was named to G2's 2022 Best Software, placing #2 on the Office Product list, ahead of Microsoft Outlook and Foxit PDF Editor. The G2 annual Best Office Product listing ranks the top 50 winners based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.

When you are working with multiple documents at the same time, you may be looking for ways to simplify document processing. ABBYY FineReader PDF 15 has just the tools you need to automate the tasks involved in PDF and scanned document processing, including converting or creating multiple documents at the same time.

While we look forward to the end of 2021, it also seems fitting to reflect on some memorable moments over the past year, including the most important PDF-related events, trends, notable statistics, and useful feature updates to ABBYY FineReader PDF. Organizations and employees have observed several COVID-fueled challenges over the past year. Many organizations were forced to embrace digital transformation at accelerated and unprecedented levels.

The computer center of a university was looking for a suitable PDF software to replace Adobe Acrobat for all members who work with documents. They found the solution, ABBYY FineReader PDF 15, and acquired a campus license.

We are proud to present Release 9 of FineReader PDF 15, which introduces the new feature of integration with Microsoft® Office. By using it, you can conveniently create PDFs from documents in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and from emails or attachments in Outlook. You can easily open PDFs and scanned documents for further editing, or compare a document you’re working on with its PDF or scanned copy in Word.

Education tends to include a lot of books, learning materials, and other documents—be it in paper or digital format. For students with special needs that need accessibility assistance, FineReader PDF is an excellent tool. There are many benefits of using ABBYY FineReader PDF 15 for accessibility.

Apple traditionally releases a major update for iPhones and iPads annually, enabling Apple users to get access to new features. Read about the latest FineReader PDF update for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and other improvements in ABBYY mobile apps.   Drag and Drop files to iPhone   The Drag and Drop feature was first made available to users as part of the iOS 11 update and only for the iPad.

There are not many software products that can boast about approaching the beginning of their fourth decade of existence on the market. Lots of pioneering software companies and their products—which defined the software market landscape 20 or 30 years ago—have long gone, and they are remembered only by a handful of software history enthusiasts. Luckily, ABBYY and its FineReader are not among them.

Every modern smartphone is a pretty powerful computer. So why not use it for document storage, with perfect scans and online and offline text recognition–all in your pocket. FineReader PDF for iOS is a younger sibling of the world-famous FineReader PDF.