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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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**
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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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