The quality of the output is only as good as the input. FineReader includes a robust set of automatic image preprocessing tools that correct defects before OCR begins. These features automatically detect and correct page orientation, deskew crooked scans, dewarp images from curved book pages, and remove digital noise, dramatically improving the success rate for challenging original documents.
You can choose exactly how much formatting to keep—from raw, unformatted text to an exact visual replica of the original page layout. Step-by-Step Workflow for Maximum Quality
She smiled at that.
The software flags characters it is unsure about, allowing you to quickly confirm or correct them using the original image as a visual reference.
FineReader supports over 190 languages. Selecting the exact language—or a combination of languages for multilingual documents—allows the engine to cross-reference results with internal dictionaries.
If you are using ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 or 15, you can optimize for Extra Quality by adjusting the workflow:
Converts color or grayscale images into high-contrast black-and-white images, making characters distinct from the background.
Go to Tools > Options . Under the Format Settings and OCR tabs, change the reading mode from "Fast" to "Thorough."
In legal discovery or contract archiving, a single misread character—for example, changing "not" to "now" due to a scanning artifact—can alter the meaning of a clause. High-precision OCR mitigates liability.
She picked up the phone.
To maintain quality, choose an output format that aligns with your workflow: