Abbyy FineReader 10 Professional [Old Version]

by Abbyy USA

Product Features

• License Qty 1 user
• Complete package
• Platfrom Windows
• Exceptional recognition accuracy and layout retention:
• One-click conversion into various electronic formats, including Microsoft® Word, Excel®, Outlook® attachments and PDF
• Advanced Digital Camera OCR for Standard and Mobile Phones Cameras:
• Advanced Digital Camera OCR for Standard and Mobile Phones Cameras: Recognize digital photos of documents taken on the go with enhanced image-correction and processing capabilities for better OCR results.
• Exceptional recognition accuracy and layout retention: Digitize your documents without retyping and reformatting with proven technology which delivers up to 99 percent accuracy.
• Intelligent reconstruction of complex document structure and formatting
• Recognize digital photos of documents taken on the go with enhanced image-correction and processing capabilities for better OCR results.
• Recognizing 186 languages, converts multi-lingual documents with optimal accuracy.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002VPTO2W
• Item model number: FRPFW10XB
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 5, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,258 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Abbyy FineReader 10 is a professional OCR /Scanning software for individual users and business professionals that turns scanned documents, PDFs and digital camera images into searchable and editable formats, including Microsoft Word, Excel and searchable PDFs. Its advanced recognition capabilities provide you a full access to information locked on paper and images by virtually eliminating retyping or reformatting.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, July 8, 2010

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Old techie (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abbyy FineReader 10 Professional [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I have used this product since Version 7. Once you know about it, it is hard to imagine living without it. Although OCR is the focus of its advertisement, it is a great way to capture (and manipulate) text or figures from a variety of sources. Added bonus (how rare is this): they actually have technical support that is both accessible and knows the product (they also seem to offer the technical support indefinitely). All software should be as good as Finereader and the company.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OCR Software, January 8, 2011

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Spider Monkey (UK) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Abbyy FineReader 10 Professional [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

OCR software is used to import various documents or files to your computer and it then allows you to edit them for archiving or desk top publishing purposes.

This is a very impressive and easy-to-use piece of OCR software, which supports several formats of imported files (such as a scanned document, a jpeg, word document, pdf document etc), and exports them to a large variety of popular editable formats. Many scanners include software with an OCR facility, but these may not be 100% accurate and invariably won't import a mixture of text and pictures. This program allows you to do that. This allows you to view the imported document against the converted document side by side, highlighting possible changes to be made or potential errors before saving the final document. I have found the accuracy success rate to be very high, with minimal changes required.

Despite being functionally-rich, the price tag is a bit hefty for personal home use and this software is probably more suited to a small to medium business looking to scan and/or archive large volumes of documents. Nevertheless it does what it's meant to very well.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent OCR accuracy, September 8, 2011

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DISenchanted (NM USA -Land of DISenchantment) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abbyy FineReader 10 Professional [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

For years I had used Abbyy finereader V5 and gotten more accurate results with it than any other OCR bundle, even though some of the competitor's versions I tested were newer.

I was also sort of stuck with V5, as the price of Abbyy finereader was always close to the $300 mark.

I setup and install scanners and associated software for 100's of end users.
So I have had the opportunity to try several programs over the years.
Like multiple versions of paperport, and also readiris, textbridge, and even some shareware programs.
Abbyy is still my favorite for OCR accuracy.

I picked up Abbyy Finereader version 10 for home use late last year during their $99.00 sale (it was an anniversary or some such sale).

So far it seems to work well, even with the cheaper scanners.

I've tested it with a:
- canon LIDE 50
- canon LIDE 100
- visioneer Strobe XP 220

Another good program is Kofax Virtual Rescan (AKA Kofax VRS).
It can scan most anything you feed through your scanner.]
It scans colored paper, pictures and carbon copy receipts well also.
Unfortunately Kofax is like $400.
I use Kofax VRS more for making copies of receipts and/or documents and Abbyy for OCR.