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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 03/11/2022
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: Translation & Localization
- 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: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Unsolved problem with saving scanned PDF files - pages differ in size
Reviewed on 26/12/2023
Frustrating - it failed me after many years of service. The current service level is close to zero.
Frustrating - it failed me after many years of service. The current service level is close to zero.
Pros
I was quite OK with previous versions of ABBYY FineReader - been using it for about 10 years.
Cons
However, ABBYY FineReader 16 on a Win 10 machine is saving scanned PDF docs with pages of different sizes. I did not find any solution in ABBYY knowledge base, and was not able to submit a service ticket since the SUBMIT button just did not respond without any hints. A typical case of product degradation :((
- 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: 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 & Localization
- 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: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
ABBYY is a good product
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
It helps me with the paperwork. The biggest advantage for customers - works in Bulgarian
It helps me with the paperwork. The biggest advantage for customers - works in Bulgarian
Pros
ABBYY is a good product at a good price that can be offered to customers. Interest in it is increasing.
Cons
I've heard this in conversations from IT administrators. Consumers in organizations do not use the product because it is difficult for them.
- 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: Accounting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
A nightmare to set up
Reviewed on 15/12/2023
A nightmare to set up
OCR not very accurate
Scanning is good
A nightmare to set up
OCR not very accurate
Scanning is good
Pros
Product is good.
Purchase and set up a complete nightmare. Getting the serial number to activate required legal threats.
Was sold with a free mobile version which
Eventually i got a link for but would not install.
I only got help when i raised a complaint with paypal.
Cons
Setup and administration.
Their payment and processing system seems to be completely independant of issuing license numbers
- 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: Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A must app for any professional
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I really love the app. It is my favorite productivity app hands down.
I really love the app. It is my favorite productivity app hands down.
Pros
It is a high quality productivity app. It has a lot of awesome features to process many different kind of file formats, especially PDFs. I have been using it since 2014, and it is my #1 productivity app.
Cons
As a Mac user, I would love the app to be compatible with AppleScript for automatization purposes. Previous verions of the software (FineReader OCR Pro), is compatible with AppleScript.
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Very Good product
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Pros
The variaty of language one can use when using different litteratures and when scanning and converting documents as well as editing.
Cons
nothing really. It is a simple and efficient.
- 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: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
OCR that supports all languages
Reviewed on 10/12/2023
I use ABBYY FineReader PDF to convert scanned PDFs to Excel or Word so that they can be edited, I...
I use ABBYY FineReader PDF to convert scanned PDFs to Excel or Word so that they can be edited, I have been using ABBYY FineReader PDF for more than 4 years and I like this application as it provided a great OCR feature.
Pros
ABBYY FineReader PDF has the best and most accurate OCR tool in the world. The ABBYY FineReader PDF OCR tool supports all languages, especially the most complicated ones like Arabic language. Also, the OCR gives high quality and accurate results and can be converted to Excel, Word, and text.
Cons
ABBYY FineReader PDF is not the best PDF editor or viewer, the text editing is somehow more complicated than other PDF editor applications. I wish they could upgrade and enhance PDF editing features to become the most integrated PDF software.
- Industry: Translation & Localization
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Highest-quality OCR on the market
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
Pros
- The best OCR I have encountered so far
- Innovative "Document compare" feature
- User-friendly OCR editor for manual corrections
- Multiple format export options
Cons
- No full-text indexing for fast searches
- Removing the "Low-confidence character highlight" in the exported documents is impractical and cumbersome
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
ABBYY FineReader Pro
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
Excellent Product, been using it for years. Since FineReader 4
Excellent Product, been using it for years. Since FineReader 4
Pros
Ease of use, Accuracy, and export options
Cons
Licensing model for reinstalls is annoying
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Easy to use and good valurnorna for money
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
Pros
Under friendly program with good design.
Cons
Sometimes the OCR editor takes over and the process is slowed down.
- Industry: Research
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
ABBYY is great for historical research
Reviewed on 14/12/2023
I find it easy to use ABBYY reader, it's the best one on the market.
I find it easy to use ABBYY reader, it's the best one on the market.
Pros
I love the easiness of converting historical text into OCR, searchable text. I use it for various languages: English, Old Russian, Modern Russian, Turkish and Arabic.
Cons
Once the document has been OCR converted, it's hard to save it in my documents folder.
- 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: 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: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good software. Needs to improve on rotating pages by mistake in conversion to pdf.
Reviewed on 01/11/2023
I am content with the software, using it daily.
I am content with the software, using it daily.
Pros
Conversion of mass big tiff files to pdf-s
Cons
Errors in rotating pages when converting to pdf-s
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent product
Reviewed on 24/05/2024
I recommend. Is an excellent alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
I recommend. Is an excellent alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
Pros
OCR recognition and conversion to Word and Excel
Cons
Overall is a very good product, so I don't have negative issues to point.
