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Title: OCR Packages Get Serious

Author: Stone, M David Article Type: Product Comparison
Source: PC Magazine, v23 n2 p32(2) Publication Date: Feb 3, 2004
  ISSN: 0888-8509
  Illustrations: Screen Layouts; Tables
URL of Publication: http://www.pcmag.com

Optical character recognition (OCR) programs are becoming better, and customer expectations are rising. ABBYY Software House's Abbyy FineReader 7.0 Corporate Edition is one of the best OCR applications available. Like its predecessor, Version 6.0, it supports 177 languages and many output formats. The interface remains the same, but has added better keyboard command features and toolbars. Integration with Microsoft Word 2003 is improved. It also saves PDF files in a more Web-friendly format. Although its accuracy is among the best, it is not flawless. SoftScan's OmniPage Pro 14 Office has many new and innovative features. Several of the new features improve workflow or access files from FTP sites to work on. Another feature lets users open PDF files in Microsoft Word for editing. Digital signature and file encryption are other features. It performed very well on accuracy tests, and was the best system tested. IRIS's Readiris Pro 9 is a low cost OCR program that has many limitations compared to FineReader and OmniPage. Its parsing function does not work well, and it exports to RTF rather than DOC format. The interface is similar to the other programs, but lacks editing capabilities, and is not as accurate. It is probably adequate only for users who do not need OCR often enough to justify paying more.

Special Features: Screen Layouts; Tables

Companies:
ABBYY Software House IRIS Inc
ScanSoft Inc

Products:
Abby FineReader OmniPage Pro Office
Readiris Pro

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