ABBYY FineReader Engine
The most comprehensive OCR SDK for software developers.
Integrate AI-powered OCR features into your applications.
What is ABBYY FineReader Engine?
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.
Features & Benefits
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 powerful APIs. Easily integrate world-class OCR features with the help of pre-configured tools, parameters, code samples and other components.
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.
How to Take Advantage of Cloud Computing Powers for Document Conversion
Discover how to extend your document processing applications with cloud-computing powers to speed up digitization of archives, quickly implement flexible document-based workflows, and easily deploy various projects.
Selected use cases
Content services, digital archiving, DMS, ECM
Let users of your systems easily find relevant information by turning documents into searchable and compressed PDF or PDF/A files that are available for electronic search and indexing.
Healthcare applications
Securely capture paper-based patient information such as doctor notes or treatment plans directly into your electronic health record and hospital management platforms (EHR, HIMS).
Software for legal sector firms, banks and insurance companies
Integrate automated document capture into your software for legal sector firms, banks and insurance companies to speed up processing of legal documents, mortgage applications or insurance claims.
Assistive software & education
Enable your solution for the visually impaired or children with learning disabilities to access text in documents, leaflets, schoolbooks, or screens to read it aloud to them.
Data leak prevention
Implement automated content screening for outgoing e-mail-attachments such as scans, photos and other image files to detect possible breaches of confidentiality.
Robotic Process Automation
Add screen scraping and automated extraction of screenshot information to your applications for Robotic Process Automation and Business Process Management.
Search, eDiscovery and data analysis
Enable search engines and data analysis tools to detect important information hidden in scans and images by transforming them into electronically searchable and accessible files.
Machine vision and test automation
Allow your machine vision system to capture textual information on photos, screens, displays, touch devices and infotainment systems and automate testing and quality control processes.
Customer stories
Athenahealth, a US-based service provider for healthcare institutions, utilizes ABBYY OCR to digitize millions of pages weekly, driving efficient patient care.
Healthcare
Document classification
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