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1. You need a recognition software:

for personal use at home or the office

for use in an organization to streamline and automate document processing

for developing a custom application or for integration with another application

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2. What tasks do you want to use the software for?

conversion of scanned documents into editable and searchable formats

recognition of images captured by a digital camera

conversion and creation of PDF files

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2. What tasks do you want to use the software for?

conversion of PDF files into editable and searchable formats

conversion of scanned documents, PDF files and images captured with a digital camera into editable and searchable formats

extraction of data from documents and forms

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2. Select the platform you are developing the application for:

Windows

Linux/Mac OS/Free BSD

Mobile and phone platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian, etc.)

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3. Documents you need to convert mostly are:

scanned images of good quality with simple layout and text content mainly

images of various quality with complex layout including multiple pages, columns, headers/footers, tables, graphics, etc.

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3. What type of processing is most suitable for your needs?

when documents are processed centrally

when users convert the documents they need individually

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3. What type of processing is most suitable for your needs?

when documents are processed centrally

when users convert the documents they need individually

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3. You would prefer:

to build in the recognition or data capture functionality inside another application

to integrate a standalone server-based OCR module with another system

The product that best suits your needs is:

ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 Pro is an easy-to-use yet powerful utility that combines PDF conversion and PDF creation functionalities. The product accurately transforms PDF files of any type into truly editable formats and creates PDFs from Microsoft Office applications. Learn more...

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ABBYY ScanTo Office is an efficient scan conversion utility. It scans paper and reproduces documents into editable and searchable Word or Excel files or lets you send them out as e-mail attachments. ScanTo Office is easy to use. You can run the program directly from Microsoft® Word, Excel, Outlook or Windows® Explorer, or simply run the ScanTo Office wizard, which leads you through the simple steps of scanning and converting. ScanTo Office is an ideal tool for home users or small businesses that need to quickly scan paper so they can edit and reuse the information in seconds. Learn more...

ABBYY ScanTo Office is available in North and Central America, and Western European countries.

The product that best suits your needs is:

ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 with Extended Platform Support is an SDK for integrating ABBYY OCR (machine-print) and barcode recognition, PDF conversion technologies into applications based on Mac OS® X (Intel®), FreeBSD® and Linux®. Providing high accuracy and powerful OCR functionality the SDK enables hardware and software developers, system integrators, and VARs to integrate ABBYY's advanced recognition technologies into document/content management, data capture, and archiving applications developed for Mac OS X (Intel), Linux and Free BSD platforms. The ABBYY FineReader Engine is a set of libraries that makes the core OCR functionality easily accessible for developers via an API, with much of the functionality also accessible via the command line interface (CLI). Learn more...

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ABBYY Mobile OCR SDK is an OS-independent, small code-sized development toolkit specially designed for integrating optical character recognition (OCR) and business card reading functions into any mobile application and operating system including Windows Mobile, Symbian, and LINUX. Mobile OCR SDK combines powerful recognition functions with a small software footprint which requires minimal hardware resources. This makes it ideal for embedding on mobile telephones, small handheld devices, and portable imaging solutions. Learn more...

The product that best suits your needs is:

ABBYY FineReader Professional Edition is an intelligent, professional level OCR software for creating editable and searchable files from scanned documents, PDF files and digital camera images. ABBYY FineReader gives you the power to unlock the data inside paper-based documents, images, and PDF files to substantially enhance your productivity and efficiency. Learn more...

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ABBYY FlexiCapture dynamic data capture solution provides a single entry point to automatically convert the stream of various forms and documents (questionnaires, surveys, invoices, contracts and other) to usable electronic data for corporate information systems. Businesses and organizations of any size in any industry benefit from using FlexiCapture by getting most accurate results, reducing costs and accelerating business processes. Learn more...

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ABBYY FormReader Enterprise Edition, a competitively priced client-server application designed for enterprise-level, medium to large-scale forms processing projects. Based on ABBYY's award-winning technologies FormReader Enterprise Edition is highly scalable, easy to use and quick to deploy system. With a flexible architecture that unites multiple workstations to streamline processing, FormReader Enterprise Edition can process up to 1,000,000 pages per month and can be easily expanded as company's needs increase. Learn more...

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ABBYY FineReader Engine is an SDK for integrating ABBYY document recognition / conversion and data capture technologies into 32-bit Windows® applications. Technologies offered in the platform include: OCR (machine print), ICR (handprint), OMR (check mark) and barcode recognition, PDF conversion, and form processing for both fixed forms and semi-structured forms and documents. The ABBYY FineReader Engine is comprised of a set of DLLs. The Engine's API conforms to the COM standard and is easily accessible from C/C++, Visual Basic or any other development environments which support COM components. Learn more...

The product that best suits your needs is:

ABBYY Recognition Server 2.0 is a powerful server-based OCR solution for automating document conversion processes across corporate departments and enterprises. Offering multi-processing and scalability features, Recognition Server is especially beneficial for mid- to high-volume OCR jobs. It can be used as both a turnkey solution and an integral part of document capture, document management, and back-end systems. Learn more...

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ABBYY FineReader Corporate Edition is the ideal solution for small and mid-sized companies or individual departments. It delivers intelligent, professional level OCR functionality for creating editable and searchable files from scanned documents, PDF files and digital camera images along with workgroup functionality for centralized small business networks. ABBYY FineReader gives you the power to unlock the data inside paper-based documents, images, and PDF files to substantially enhance your productivity and efficiency. Learn more...

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ABBYY FineReader Site License Edition is the perfect solution for large organizations and government institutions which need individual and flexible OCR license volumes and automated software roll-out within distributed networks. It delivers intelligent, professional level OCR functionality for creating editable and searchable files from scanned documents, PDF files and digital camera images along with workgroup functionality for centralized business networks. ABBYY FineReader gives you the power to unlock the data inside paper-based documents, images, and PDF files to substantially enhance your productivity and efficiency. Learn more...