What’s New in ABBYY FineReader 9.0
| Based on a breakthrough new
recognition platform with Adaptive Document
Recognition Technology (ADRT™), ABBYY
FineReader 9.0 is intelligent enough to
automatically deliver editable files in native
document formatting. It has been also enhanced with
second-generation Digital Camera OCR,
and offers enhanced task-driven processing, new
output formats, and support for Microsoft® Windows
Vista® and Microsoft Office 2007. In addition,
FineReader 9.0 improves recognition accuracy by up
to 35 percent* and layout retention by 32 percent*
compared to the previous generation of the software.
The new version also focuses on superior
usability. The all-new Results-Driven user
interface maximizes usability and
efficiency through straightforward user guidance,
anticipation of a user’s logical next step, and a 40
percent* reduction in the number of required mouse
clicks to accomplish a task.
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Breakthrough
Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT™)
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ABBYY’s newest
Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT),
treats an entire document as a single entity, rather
than the more error-prone and time-consuming method
used by previous generations of OCR technology which
process each page individually.
ADRT makes converting paper documents, images and
PDF files to the Microsoft Word format more accurate
than ever. By intelligently “seeing” the document in
its entirety, the program identifies various
elements of document structure such as heading, body
text, columns, tables, graphics, and page numbers.
After the processing, documents contain accurately
digitized text, while retaining the document’s
logical structure and layout in native
Microsoft Office formatting elements for
easy editing and changing.
Headers/footers, page numbering, heading,
footnotes, and lists are all expertly
re-produced. For example, after processing with
FineReader 9.0, header text is identified as part of
the header “field” and subsequently placed in the
corresponding formatting section of Microsoft Word
document so that headers are created as a single
element to allow them to be edited or deleted on all
pages simultaneously. ADRT also enhances
recognition and retention of fonts and font styles.
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Enhanced Recognition Accuracy and Performance |
| With new ADRT,
advanced document analysis technology, the newest
version of FineReader delivers significant accuracy
enhancements, especially on documents containing
tables, legal documents, multilingual documents, and
digital camera captured images. Overall accuracy has
been improved by as much as 35 percent * compared to
the previous version. Other enhancements include:
Recognition of Signatures, Company Stamps, and Line
Numbering in Legal Documents
FineReader 9.0 automatically identifies the
specialized elements and formatting found typically
in legal documents. For example, the program
automatically locates and preserves signatures or
company stamps in contracts and recognizes and
reproduces line numbers in pleading documents.
Automatic Language Detection
FineReader cuts an additional step in the OCR
process by automatically detecting the appropriate
document recognition language.
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Second-generation Digital Camera OCR |
| ABBYY FineReader 9.0 incorporates
second-generation Digital Camera OCR. This
single-step digital camera OCR saves time
for users capturing document with a camera. Not only
does FineReader 9.0 automatically identify an image
taken with a camera, but it applies necessary image
pre-processing and recognition operations with a
single step process. The new FineReader interface
offers a special Convert Photo to Microsoft
Word option to get quick and accurate
results processing images captured by a digital
camera. With this enhancement, ABBYY FineReader can
automatically identify the image resolution and
correct possible image distortions using functions
that include line straightening, and angle
correction.
Enhanced Image Processing
The program also offers enhanced image
processing for digital photo images including better
line straightening, image distortion correction, and
automatic resolution calculation and correction.
FineReader detects the page curve in photographs of
book or magazine pages and automatically straightens
lines on the image to boost accuracy.
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Results-Driven
Interface – Less Clicks, Greater Efficiency |
| The Results-Driven interface simplifies and
shortens the recognition process and automatically
highlights the best strategies for optimizing OCR
results. The new interface reduces the number of
mouse clicks needed for popular document conversion
tasks by as much as 40 percent. In FineReader 9.0,
key functions are more easily accessible at the
“top-level” with less need to search through
detailed “drop down menus.” Key functionality is
grouped together in special dialog boxes to make it
easier to perform key tasks:
QuickTasks™
This option further increases user efficiency and
accuracy. Users can access popular OCR tasks such as
“Scan to PDF”, “Scan to Microsoft Word”,
or “Convert PDF/ Images to Microsoft Word”
using FineReader’s new QuickTasks window
which automatically appears once the
program is launched. QuickTasks can now also be
launched directly from the Window’s Start
menu. Now, users can execute these tasks
from start to finish with a single mouse click.
Users can also create customized QuickTasks by using
the Automation Manager tool.
One-click Access within Microsoft Office
FineReader seamlessly integrates with
Microsoft Office applications. From Word,
Excel and Outlook, users can easily open, process
and import images directly into their applications.
Right-Click Access from Windows Explorer
From Windows Explorer, users can use the right mouse
button to select images or PDF files to convert (and
send results directly to application, or save as
documents).
Enhanced Text Editor
A newly enhanced Text Editor allows for easy review
while the enhanced editing toolbar supports quick
font and font style adjustments and adds additional
editing capabilities. Users can preview in real time
and then choose from four output preferences (exact
copy, editable copy, formatted text and plain
text).
QuickPreview™ window makes it
easier to select the pages or documents a user needs
when opening files to be processed. Users now have a
visual preview of documents before opening.
QuickTips™
FineReader 9.0 offers intelligent and
interactive tips to guide users toward improving
results throughout the OCR process. Not only will
FineReader identify areas in which accuracy can be
enhanced, but it offers “actionable buttons” such as
“re-scan” that lets users quickly take correction
measures.
Easy Image Enhancements
All image pre-processing functions, such as
Rotate, Deskew, Crop, and Invert Image, can be
quickly accessed from a single “Edit Image” window.
Users can easily apply changes made to a single
image page to all pages of a document with one
click.
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Automatic Recognition and Background Processing |
| FineReader 9.0 automatically performs OCR as
soon as the document is scanned in or opened
(without the need for users to click “Read”). The
default background processing allows users to start
working on the first recognized pages while
FineReader continues processing. (Experienced users
have the option to turn this function off.)
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Compatibility with Latest Microsoft® Environment and
Office Applications |
| ABBYY FineReader 9.0 is Microsoft
Windows Vista® certified and supports
Microsoft Office 2007. The program
also provides support for Windows XP 64 Bit Edition.
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Support for New Input and Output Formats
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DOCX and XLSX Output
With direct support for Microsoft Office 2007,
FineReader 9.0 can save files in the new
DOCX and XLSX using
compression and based on the XML language for small
file sizes and more secure documents that can be
easily accessed by a variety of information systems.
PDF/A Output
New version supports output to PDF/A,
an archiving format recommended as a standard for
long-term preservation of documents.
XPS and GIF Input
FineReader 9.0 also supports input of images in
GIF and XPS (XML
Paper Specification), a new format for document
viewing and storage developed by Microsoft.
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Optimized Performance on Multi-core Processors |
| Intelligent algorithms effectively divide
document processing steps for parallel execution for
1.6 times faster* processing on systems with
dual-core processors such as Intel and AMD and 3.2
times faster* on systems using quad-core technology
(based on internal ABBYY testing).
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Mailbox Watching in the Hot Folder & Scheduling
Functions** |
| Corporate users can monitor input folders or
schedule OCR processing with the new Mailbox
watching function which allows FineReader to
recognize attachments received by email, like those
sent automatically by many multifunction printers
(MFPs).
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* Numbers quoted are based on internal ABBYY testing.
** This feature is available in FineReader 9.0 Corporate
Edition and Site License Edition . |
