ABBYY FineReader Express Edition: first look
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
July 23, 2009 the company introduced the Abbyy ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. Experienced users remember how to program development has stopped on Fine Reader 5, who was still working under the PowerPC-architecture. And after several years of silence, Abbyy company is back on the Macintosh-platform product updates.
Abbyy FineReader Express Edition supports recognition of a 171st-speaking world. Operation is possible with 3 different languages in the same text. PERSON far from linguistics are encouraged to review the entire list (FAQ) learn the language spoken in the north-east of China, and what nationality they sing in Gagauz. The interface can be presented in one of eight languages, including, of course, Russian. The program allows you to convert image formats from TIFF, TIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, JP2, J2K, BMP, PCX, DCX, GIF, PDF to RTF, TXT, XLS, HTML, and PDF with text search.
The application includes the ability to recognize text in photos. conversion algorithm recognizes the links and makes them "active", saving time during treatment are protected from editing texts.
We tested ABBYY FineReader Express Edition version 8.0.0.2806. Initial work window "Select scenario" sets the tone for the entire application, the interface elements are logical and convenient for daily use. The user must enter the raw data from which the image will be imported, in which "format" it will convert, and what language is used in the source.
After you import images from a scanner or camera in front of us opens the main workspace. Located on the left page thumbnails in the central area shows the scanned image on the right side are the buttons work with the "regions", and page orientation. The button "Convert" is duplicated in the "Toolbars", where you can also set the text recognition language, file format after conversion, zoom. It's pretty clear. Upon completion of the conversion, specify the path to save the file, after which the document will be opened in your default application.
It should be noted well-written background information in the menu "Help FineReader Express» briefly lists the required user information supported formats, describes the language works with pattern recognition system, provides recommendations to improve results convert.