ABBYY FineReader Engine
The most comprehensive OCR SDK for software developers
Integrate AI-powered OCR features into your applications.
The software development kit ABBYY FineReader Engine allows software developers to create applications that extract textual information from paper documents, images or displays. This AI-powered OCR SDK provides your application with excellent text recognition, PDF conversion, and data capture functionalities, enabling it to convert scans into searchable PDF, Word or Excel documents, and access data on photos or screenshots.
Available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS and embedded platforms. On premises or in the Cloud.
Highest OCR accuracy
Provide your customers with the outstanding OCR quality available in ABBYY FineReader. Leading providers of ECM systems, document imaging and capture solutions, RPA solutions, as well as scanner and MFP manufacturers trust ABBYY OCR technology.
Increased value
Expand your solutions. ABBYY FineReader Engine enables your software to convert TIFF libraries into PDF, PDF/A, Word or other formats, and accurately extract field values. Develop on Windows, Linux or Mac and offer your software in the Cloud or on VM platforms.
Faster time to market
Outperform your competition and get premium OCR solutions to the market quickly - with OCR toolkit’s powerful APIs. Easily integrate world-class OCR features with the help of pre-configured tools, parameters, code samples and other components.
Webinar on-demand: Introduction to different implementation scenarios in ABBYY FineReader Engine
Discover how to use predefined profiles to save development time, optimize the individual parameters for optimal results, and learn how to implement common document conversion scenarios. View our technical webinar on-demand.
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Comprehensive set of recognition technologies
With OCR toolkit integration, applications can extract machine printed text in over 200 languages as well as hand printed text, optical marks and barcode values.
Powerful PDF processing tools
Versatile APIs allow processing many PDF types and converting scanned documents, TIFFs, JPEGs or image-only PDFs into different searchable PDF and PDF/A files.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
AI, ML and other advanced technologies provide outstanding recognition accuracy for multi-language documents and deliver searchable and editable documents that reflect their originals.
Multi-core CPUs, Cloud and Virtual Machines support
Support for document processing in parallel threads on multi-core CPUs, deployment in the cloud and virtual environments guarantees fast, flexible and scalable processing.
BrochureABBYY FineReader Engine - A comprehensive OCR SDK tool
Learn how the software development kit ABBYY FineReader Engine can add value to your application.
Selected use cases
Content services, digital archiving, DMS, ECM
Assistive software & education
Healthcare applications
Software for legal sector firms, banks and insurance companies
Search, eDiscovery and data analysis
Machine vision and test automation
Data leak prevention
Robotic Process Automation
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Customer stories
Volkswagen Corporation integrated ABBYY multi-lingual OCR in their machine vision system to automatically test their car infotainment systems.
Canon has integrated ABBYY text recognition into their own document management systems to create searchable documents during the scanning process.
Athenahealth, a US-based service provider for healthcare institutions, utilizes ABBYY OCR to digitize millions of pages weekly, driving efficient patient care.
