ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional versions

v12.0 [Mar 21, 2014]
Faster conversion and higher accuracy
- Providing up to 99.8% recognition accuracy, FineReader 12 delivers up to 15% faster document processing than before. FineReader 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, FineReader 12 continues to lead the market with support for 190 languages – 48 of them featuring dictionary support.
Instant document opening and background processing
- FineReader 12 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 FineReader 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 FineReader. 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
- FineReader 12 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 PreciseScan technology which smooths pixelated characters, improving the visual quality of your documents. Plus, the 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, FineReader 12 enables seamless document sharing through direct integration with Microsoft SharePoint Online/ Office 365.
Designed in a Windows 8 look and feel
- FineReader 12 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.

v11.0 [Sep 8, 2011]
What’s New
ABBYY FineReader 11 combines intelligent document analysis with higher speed, better recognition, and support for more file formats to give you the smartest and most versatile way to turn scans and PDFs into editable and searchable documents.
Gain Speed, Raise Quality
ABBYY FineReader 11 now converts scans, PDFs and digital camera images into editable and searchable formats up to 45%* faster than before with new Black and white processing mode. Improved Fast Reading mode is up to 70%* faster than Thorough Reading mode, and documents with Asian languages can now be processed up to 40%* faster.
Enjoy More Accurate Formatting with Enhanced ADRT®
Complex documents with tables or charts — such as financial reports are no match for FineReader’s enhanced Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT). The new technology detects and preserves vertical headers, accurately re-creates text in margins and preserves overall layout and formatting when converting to your preferred file format.
Convenient E-book Creation
Convert paper books, articles and other files you want bundled together into EPUB and FB2 formats, optimized for e-readers and smartphones. Send electronic books directly to your Amazon KindleTM account or electronic archive.
Scan and Convert Documents to OpenOffice.org™ Writer
Convert images and PDFs directly to OpenOffice.org Writer format (ODT), with their native layout and formatting accurately preserved.
Enhanced Interface for Intuitive Use
Increase your productivity with intuitive interface guiding you directly to the result. An enhanced Verification and improved Style Editor tools make it easy to manage text styles and verify accuracy.
Easier Bulk Document Processing
Scan a batch of mixed-type documents all at once and arrange them into separate files with our new Split Document Tool.
Advanced Camera OCR For Better Text Capture on the Fly
Enjoy improved accuracy and layout retention of photos with text or documents, taken with standard digital or smartphone cameras.
More Powerful Image Editing
Improve image quality with new image-processing tools including brightness and contrast selection and tonal values adjusting for an optimal OCR result. Apply changes to all or selected pages at once.
Enhanced PDF Conversion for Reliable Archiving
Benefit from one of three pre-defined PDF saving modes: Best Quality, Compact Size or Balanced. Enhanced MRC compression reduces file size up to 80%* better than the previous version with virtually no quality degradation.
New Recognition Languages: Arabic, Vietnamese and Turkmen (Latin)
Convert multilingual documents in any combination of 189 languages including new Arabic (Modern Standard), Vietnamese and Turkmen (Latin).
Export to DjVu for easy reading or archiving
ABBYY FineReader 11 enables saving to DjVu, delivering high-quality, readable images requiring minimum of space.
Enhanced Screenshot Reader
Instantly capture images and texts on the screen – and now preserve the exact size of the original screenshot. Available for registered users.