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FineReader for Mobile—The Answers to Nine Frequently Asked Questions

ABBYY FineReader for iOS receives hundreds of reviews in the App Store. We are glad to receive your feedback and answer your questions. The most frequent questions include: What is optical character recognition (OCR) and what can I use it for? What's the difference between FineReader and a phone camera? Does recognition work online or offline? Do you have a similar app for desktop computers?

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Seven Tips for Creating Ideal Mobile Scans

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.

Fully Equipped for iOS 15

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.

Scan Documents with Your Smartphone and Edit Scans on Your PC

Wondering why your favorite scanning app has a new name and icon? Well, we’ve got some great news for you: ABBYY FineScanner has been renamed to ABBYY FineReader PDF for Mobile and has been integrated with its desktop counterpart! Why the drastic name change, and what’s in it for you? Let’s dive in. When the first version of FineScanner released in 2012, many people were skeptical about using smartphones as scanners.

All You Need to Know About Business Card Reader

In 2008, we launched the first Business Card Reader, which ran on the then-popular Symbian operating system. Even so, not much has changed – paper business cards are still widely used to exchange contact information. To make your work with business cards and contacts easier, learn more about ABBYY Business Card Reader (BCR) and what it can do. Do I really need this app now?

FineScanner 8.0 – The Smartest App on Your Smartphone

We are proud to present the newest generation of mobile scanners from ABBYY Mobile – FineScanner AI 8. Now, FineScanner will not only scan and store your documents but will also become your personal smartphone archivist. FineScanner can now automatically sort all of your photos into seven different document types, help you find specific photos using the search feature, and precisely measure your documents’ size using augmented reality.