ABBYY FineReader Express Edition

Document Recognition

Superior recognition accuracy

Enhanced

Retention of document layout and formatting

Excellent

Excellent

Retention of document structure including consistent text flow, headers and footers, footnotes and image captions on multi-page documents

Exact electronic document reconstruction including fonts and font styles

Convert documents in multiple languages

 only 2 languages can be chosen simultaneously

 any combination can be chosen simultaneously

Automatically detect languages

Supported recognition languages

183

186

Ideal for frequent document conversion and processing multiple documents

Convert PDF files into Microsoft Office formats

User Interface

Interface type

Easy-to-use interface with preset Quick Tasks

Professional interface: preset Quick Tasks and advanced OCR and automation tools

Preset Quick Tasks for one-click conversion: scan to Word, scan to Excel, scan to PDF

additionally: PDF or image to Word, convert photo to Word

Preview input documents

Edit and proofread recognition results

Live preview for saving results in the program

Edit recognition areas

 Basic tools

 Advanced tools 

Fast access directly from Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Windows Explorer

 Saving recognition results

Save to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, TXT, RTF, HTML

Save in latest XML based document formats: DOCX, XLSX

Save to Searchable PDF

Save as different PDF types, incl. PDFs optimized for Web, tagged PDF and PDF/A for long term archiving

Send results directly to Adobe Reader or Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Advanced OCR Functions

Adjustment tools to improve results

 Basic tools

 Advanced 

Create recognition languages and patterns

Automation Manager for automating recurring conversion tasks

Several saving modes in Word (exact copy, editable copy, formatted text, plain text)

Advanced tools for professional OCR - image editing, creating area templates, recognition pattern training, barcode recognition and others

Bonus application: ABBYY Screenshot Reader