Key features for Windows

Key features for Mac

System requirements

To see what’s changed, check out the version comparisons below.

  
 

FineReader PDF 15 Sprint Win

FineReader PDF 16 Sprint Win

FineReader PDF 16 Win (Full version)

Languages
OCR Languages 198 198 198
New user interface  
new

new
PDF features
View PDFs  
faster

faster
Print, comment, fill in & search in PDFs      
Protect and sign PDFs
limited 

limited
 
Compare documents      
Conversion features
Create PDF documents from images and scans      
Merge files into one document during conversion      
Save to searchable & image-only PDF      
Convert to PDF/UA      
Automate digitization and conversion routines    
Hot Folder
OCR features
OCR Technology Core OCRT 16
(same as full FR version)
OCRT 16
(same as full FR version)
OCRT 16
Recognition areas detection (adjust borders manually, copy recognized text without exporting, and more)      
Scans and photos pre-processing (wide set of options for better OCR result)      
Results verification and correction in OCR Editor      
Internal pre-processing with document classification  
new

new
Accurate retention of document layout  
improved

improved
OCR Technology  
improved

improved
 
 

FineReader 12 Sprint Mac

FineReader PDF Sprint Mac

User experience and productivy
Redesigned user interface    
Continuity Camera integration    
Operating system supported
does not work properly on MacOS 11 Big Sur and later

Compatibility with latest MacOS 12 version (including Big Sur and Ventura support)
Recognition (OCR) languages supported 189 198
Import formats PDF, including PDF/A
Image formats: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG, JBIG2, PNG, BMP, PCX, DCX, GIF
PDF, including PDF/A (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2u, 3a, 3b, 3u), PDF/UA
Image formats (TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, BMP, GIF)
Export formats PDF, including PDF/A (1a, 1b)
Image formats: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG2, PNG, BMP, PCX, DCX
Editable formats: DOC(X), XLS(X), PPTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV, ODT
E-book formats: EPUB®, FB2
PDF, including PDF/UA (need OCR), PDF/A (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2u, 3a, 3b, 3u)
Image formats (TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, BMP)
Editable formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV, ODT)
E-book formats (EPUB®, FB2)
PDF features
View, print and rotates pages in PDFs    
Protect and Sign PDFs
Limited
(password protection via conversion to PDF only)

Limited
(password protection via conversion to PDF only)
Conversion features
Create PDFs from Microsoft® Office documents, PDFs, image files, and files in other formats
PDF, TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, BMP, GIF, PCX, DCX, JBIG, JBIG2

from PDFs and images (TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, BMP, GIF)
Convert PDFs to editable formats (Word, Excel), merge files into one document during conversion    
Save to searchable & image-only PDF
(via conversion only)

(via conversion only)
OCR features
OCR Technology Core OCRT11 OCRT 16
Manual image preprocessing to ensure better accuracy and visual appearance (available in Image Editor)    
Copy recognized text from an area without exporting    
Automatic detection of document areas
(incl.barcodes)