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- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
ABBYY FineReader PDF
Reviewed on 3/11/2022
Overall this is really good to use and recommend to use.
Overall this is really good to use and recommend to use.
Pros
ABBYY FineReader PDF contains all the features that I need and is so user-friendly. Can do pdf conversion really easily. well manage the user interface.
Cons
No cons, really easy to use. really user-friendly interface.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
A very good Solution that could be The Best
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I believe this is, in the end, a very good solution, it makes a lot of things very well, but it has...
I believe this is, in the end, a very good solution, it makes a lot of things very well, but it has to be improved to be the very best in-class. Also, I used to get in touch with Support and I have to say it is a very-full-quality Customer Support, well prepared and kind.
Pros
Easy of usage, processing batch files, a lot of different output format, standard OCR capabilities, and opening to OCR custom training
Cons
Output to Excel (tables are really not fully detected, even text within cells, with a lot of work to do in the end) and Word (every text appear converted in annoying frames, difficult to remove or manage at all) mostly have to be really improved to be the best.
OCR must be improved very much. You have bad result if you want to recognize document in Greek (most part of diacritics are not well detected) and, with Hebrew, is literally a worst situation (you have not vowels and all diacritics). If you try to do by yourself, using custom OCR training, it's a very long journey and you don't even get a good result, and many times it's even not so clear if you are using your custom training set or not and even is really not clear why you cannot use one only feature to perform "verify" and "ocr training" in one only function/feature/action.
- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
After years Abbyy still carries several disappointing defects that don't justify it's price
Reviewed on 23/06/2023
It's impresses me that I've been using Abby for many years and it still carries many of the same...
It's impresses me that I've been using Abby for many years and it still carries many of the same defects it has always had; it sometimes does perfect conversions into Ms word but quite oftenly it renders a file in which I have to make many corrections before start working with it. The precisión to detect the characters has improved over the years and sometimes it can detect complex tables, which is nice to see, but regarding tables with not clear imprinted lines the program files to detect them at all.
Pros
That only sometimes renders a perfect conversion into Ms word that I can use to work, and I mean a file where I don't have to remake any parts of the text or recapture images, etc.
Cons
That it changes the page I'm working on just by scrolling, that's tedious. That's solves many of the text by putting it into a floating case box, and that's terrible and cannot be turned off. That many obvious tables are not detected by Abbyy when automatic converting, specially those without visible lines. That it fails to detect structures when converting scanned pages. That the function of detecting the headers and foots almost always fails, but instead it tries to convert as headers parts of the text that are not. Correcting all the above is time-consuming, which is contrary to the purpose of this program. And recently there is a contradiction between doing things in the main window of the OCR editor I'm doing them at the detailed window, for example if I try to select one cell to be treated as an image, it's conflicts the problem if I chose it at the main window or at the detail window, with the first one generally overriding the second. I'm now in Windows 11 the program crashes a lot.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Try The Best Full Feature PDF Editor
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I was getting frustrated with Adobe Acrobat and the fashion the company was taking it. I use the...
I was getting frustrated with Adobe Acrobat and the fashion the company was taking it. I use the Fujitsu Scansnap and the Standard ABBYY Finereader was included with the scanner. Once I tried the full version of ABBYY, I was sold
Pros
Once I familiarized myself with the interface, the program worked as needed. No need to keep referring back to Dr Google or support.
Cons
The initial interface. It took me a few weeks to look for things. For example, it was easy to delete a page...remove a page and set up a different PDF? That one has too many steps.
- Industry: Translation & Localisation
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
ABBY IS ONE OF THE BEST OCR AND PDF APPLICATION
Reviewed on 11/12/2023
I have used this software since its beginning, decades passed away .
I have used this software since its beginning, decades passed away .
Pros
As an Translaiton Office, Abbyy from morning until evening, it is an indispenzable need for running our business.
Cons
Georgian OCR is missing, not available.
- Industry: Translation & Localisation
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Good quality OCR
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I am very pleased and it's a most valuable tool in my everyday work, as I receive the documents to...
I am very pleased and it's a most valuable tool in my everyday work, as I receive the documents to be translated in PDF form.
Pros
Better quality of OCR produce than Adobe Acrobat and 10x better price.
It gives me the possibility to change resolution and other parameters, choose what I want to be recognised in a page and, furthermore, format tables etc so that the editable document produced is near enough to what I need.
Cons
Sometimes, when the content of the pdf is "scattered" and not continuous, it breaks the content of the page into smaller parts that are recognised as "shapes" and, therefore, difficult to handle as text.
- Industry: Translation & Localisation
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
For more better quality for Japanese language required
Reviewed on 17/06/2024
Pros
reasonable price than Adobe PDF, it was a compromis solution.
Cons
I miss really OCN Quality for Japanese and Comment function and "Prooing tools " like text adding, delete tools in PDF like Adobe.
- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
ABBYY fine reader is one of the best in the market. But it is limited on Macos.
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
My experience with the Abbyy fine reader has been generally positive, and ocr performance is key...
My experience with the Abbyy fine reader has been generally positive, and ocr performance is key for me. In this way, scanning the texts that were sent as photos and making them readable with e-reader devices made my life much easier. I can even say that abbyy fine reader played a significant role in increasing my productivity.
Pros
Its ocr features are one of my favorites. I think no other ocr reader can beat the abbyy fine reader's ocr performance.
Cons
The fact that its "inverting color option" is not available on Macos bothers me quite a lot. That's why I had to return to other applicatons.
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great OCR!
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
Overall, I have had a good relationship with the software. I upgraded to a newer version to get the...
Overall, I have had a good relationship with the software. I upgraded to a newer version to get the ability to OCR Old German Script. While not as accurate as English, it still does probably 99% accuracy on a clean page.
Pros
ABBYY is simply the best OCR software that I have tried, overall. The broad range of languages and the ability to straighten up crooked lines is very amazing. I have put some very poor quality page images through and ABBYY did excellent work of making something out of them. No miracles, of course, but very good.
Cons
A few times I have had the software lock up while doing a big OCR job (like an 800-page book). Also, I do not like having to do subscription service; I prefer buying the software outright because I am not a high volume user.
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Best ocr for archival historical documents, but not perfect
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Good, but wish the ocr were were even better, and correctable.
Good, but wish the ocr were were even better, and correctable.
Pros
Does better than Adobe in ocr-ing messy archival documents for historical research. Still not perfect, though. Don't expect very great accuracy.
Cons
There's no way to correct ocr mistakes like you can in Adobe acrobat.
- Industry: Airlines/Aviation
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Most versatile pdf to Excel conversions available
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Have used ABBY exclusively to do document conversions for over 11 years now. No other app...
Have used ABBY exclusively to do document conversions for over 11 years now. No other app Including Acrobat is as good as this one.
Pros
The MAIN reason I use ABBY Finereader is to convert multi-page pdf invoices to Excell so that they can be dissected and analyzed. I have tried all other pdf to Excel converters and they all botch them up completely with misaligned rows and columns, making the task more excruciating. ABBY is the ONLY app available that can quickly adjust rows and columns to an exact OCR match. Invaluable!
Cons
Learning curve to use all the features can be a bit tedious but not overwhelming.
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
OCR: Should be able to select an area to apply "Levels" in "Edit Image."
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Best of the best.
Best of the best.
Pros
Accuracy. Features. Ease of use.
Cons
OCR: Can't select an area to apply "Levels" in "Edit Image."
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great product
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Excellent product which allows our company to extract data from documents quickly.
Excellent product which allows our company to extract data from documents quickly.
Pros
Flexible templates for reading data from similar documents.
Cons
Inability to draw a table with columns and than analysis the table without losing the columns.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
ABBY is the greatest but needs to improve in some features.
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I really loved all the capabilities of ABBY. I strongly recommend it.
I really loved all the capabilities of ABBY. I strongly recommend it.
Pros
OCR, PDF, tools for editing and creating.
Cons
There's no dark mode, I still miss this feature.
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Expensive but work
Reviewed on 9/05/2024
Pros
Easy, secure, speed, hard, regulary don't have problems
Cons
It is an excellent product, it seems a little expensive to me but it is good, there is also a lot of complication to restore your program, it should be easier for the customer to recover their product
- Industry: Public Policy
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent use of Abby FineReader Ver 16
Reviewed on 11/01/2024
excelent experience. I am using this programme more than 15 years.
excelent experience. I am using this programme more than 15 years.
Pros
Very fast transforming of the different types of documents
Cons
everything was working very well and vert fast
- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Publishing with ABBY FineReader
Reviewed on 23/05/2024
It has been useful to me for scanning and converting old scripts into Final Draft.
It has been useful to me for scanning and converting old scripts into Final Draft.
Pros
I love how easily it converted a script into a special software I use called Final Draft.
Cons
The initial learning curve was not intuitive to me.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Quick work
Reviewed on 3/03/2024
Pros
Easy and magic instrument to convert . jpeg and .pdf to text. Support many languages. Variable function. Easy understanding interface of program
Cons
Transform little piace of text to group inside area
- Industry: Research
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Subscription
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I like the product overall, but the price is a bit high. I also do not like the subscription...
I like the product overall, but the price is a bit high. I also do not like the subscription payment terms.
Pros
The ability to edit PDFs. The OCR is good also.
Cons
The price. I would rather purchase the software, not paying a subscription.
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Alternate of Adobe Acrobat PDF
Reviewed on 10/06/2024
Pros
Its OCR is easy to use and powerful. File can be previewed before finalizing.
Cons
We cannot edit the file in Mac in a single subscription
- Industry: Translation & Localisation
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
this is my review
Reviewed on 16/12/2023
Pros
Gives qite precise results in recognition
Cons
Sometimes it recognizes falsely, above all when text is calligraphic or tilted
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
ABBYY for OCR
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Pros
ABBYY is incredibly fine-tuned to OCR and I trust it more than other OCR programs.
Cons
ABBYY is not intuitive and others who do no use the program regularly find it difficult to navigate.
- Industry: Civic & Social Organisation
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 14/12/2023
on the whole almost satisfaction as far as I am concerned
on the whole almost satisfaction as far as I am concerned
Pros
Easily usage, relatively enough operations
Cons
Inaccessibility some functionalities at single version of product
- Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great tool!
Reviewed on 23/06/2023
It´s the best pdf editing tool I know so far and I tried a lot different tools, when I worked as an...
It´s the best pdf editing tool I know so far and I tried a lot different tools, when I worked as an administrator.
Pros
What I like most about Abby is the simplicity, the reliability and the speed which helps me very much to work fast and on my own speed.
Cons
Editing text is not as easy as I would prefer it or better, not everything is so easy to be edited by Abby.
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Good product
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Pros
Ease od use, it is easy to use the product i am happy
Cons
Nothing. Every thing is good snd i like the fine reader
