ABBYY FineReader PDF 15 is the latest version of ABBYY FineReader PDF used by thousands of customers and organizations worldwide. ABBYY FineReader PDF 15 offers a comprehensive solution to all your typical daily tasks: digitize, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in the modern working world.
Edit any kind of PDF as in Microsoft Word
Rewrite complete paragraphs, edit data in table cells, adjust formatting, and rearrange the overall layout.
Convert PDFs into editable formats smoothly
Reconstruct paragraphs, extract text from fields, and detect the PDF quality for superior conversion results even with corrupted PDFs.
Make the most of digital documents
With better conversion results, higher accuracy for Japanese, Korean and Chinese***, and improved tagging for PDF and PDF/UA creation.
Compare documents with flexible export options
Identify differences between two versions of a document across different formats, including scans. Export your comparison results into Microsoft Word using track-changes mode to easily sort through and approve changes (сorporate edition only).
Flexible licensing options to accommodate every organization
New Remote User licenses allow organizations to use FineReader with desktop and application virtualization solutions.
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FineReader 14
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FineReader PDF 15
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Open PDF to view, comment, copy text | ✓ | Improved - up to 40 % faster Preview in Explorer/Outlook Quick copy text/tables (improved) |
✓ (only inside one string) |
Edit text from a little misprint correction to completely changing a content of the page. Even in scanned PDF. | |
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation | — | New: create PDF with fillable forms |
Convert scans and PDFs to popular office formats | ✓ |
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OCR quality and languages | ✓ |
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Compare Documents | ✓ | New: Save the results of comparison in MS Word track changes format |
Licensing & Deployment | — | New: Remote User licenses for complicated IT configurations: Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environments; customize product settings |
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FineReader 12
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FineReader PDF 15
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— | ✓ (New) | |
Edit text and pictures in PDF w/o conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Create PDFs from Word, Excel, and other formats | — | ✓ (New) |
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, PDF/UA, etc.) | — | ✓ (New) |
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation | — | ✓ (New) |
Conversion from scans, PDF and images to editable formats | ✓ |
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OCR quality and languages | ✓ |
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Compare two versions of the document in different formats | — | ✓ (New) |
Multi-core processing for conversion images or PDFs to MS Office formats using HotFolder | ✓ | ✓ (up to 2 times faster) |
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.) | — | ✓ (New) |
Licensing&Deployment | ✓ | New types of licensing for complicated IT configurations: on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environment |
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PDF Transformer+
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FineReader PDF 15
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✓ |
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Edit text and pictures in PDF w/o conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc | — |
✓ (New)
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Edit scanned PDF as non-image PDF files inside string | — | ✓ (New) |
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc | — | ✓ (Improved) |
Create PDFs from Word, Excel, and other formats | ✓ | ✓ (Improved)
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Conversion from scans, PDF and images to editable formats | ✓ |
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Compare two versions of the document in different formats | — | ✓ (New) |
Multi-core processing for conversion images or PDFs to MS Office formats using HotFolder | — | ✓ (New) |
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.) | — | ✓ (New) |
Licensing&Deployment | — | New types of licensing for complicated IT configurations: on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environments |
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FineReader 11
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FineReader PDF 15
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— | ✓ (New) | |
Edit text and pictures in PDF w/o conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Create PDFs from Word, Excel, and other formats | — | ✓ (New) |
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation | — | ✓ (New) |
Conversion from scans, PDF and images to editable formats | ✓ |
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OCR quality and languages | ✓ |
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Compare two versions of the document in different formats | — | ✓ (New) |
Multi-core processing for conversion images or PDFs to MS Office formats using HotFolder | ✓ | ✓ (Improved, faster) |
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.) | — | ✓ (New) |
Licensing&Deployment | ✓ | New types of licensing for complicated IT configurations: on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environment |
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FineReader Sprint 12 (Windows)
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FineReader PDF 15
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Open PDF to view, comment, print, copy, search, fill PDF forms, etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Edit text and pictures in PDF w/o conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc | — | ✓ (New) |
Create PDFs from Word, Excel, and other formats | — | ✓ (New) |
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation | — | ✓ (New) |
Conversion from scans, PDF and images to editable formats | ✓ |
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OCR quality and languages | ✓ |
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Recognized text verification before export | — | ✓ (New) |
Extensive set of options | — |
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Compare two versions of the document in different formats | — | ✓ (New) |
Multi-core processing for conversion images or PDFs to MS Office formats using HotFolder | — | ✓ (New)) |
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.) | — | ✓ (New) |
Licensing&Deployment | n/a | Different types of licensing and ways for installation, complicated IT configurations support (on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environments) in Corporate Edition |
ABBYY FineReader 15 is a worthwhile improvement over previous versions. I use ABBYY FineReader very often for making useable and readable documents from techmanuals you need an electron microscope to read, as well as way to store and search them.
It is also a geat way to store and file and share or email reciepts, bills, recipes, news and magazine articles, etc.
Having started with Version 7, FineReader 15 continues to provide cutting edge OCR. There are many alternatives, if you want the best, go with Abbyy FineReader!
This is the product for which I have been searching. It is powerful yet easy to use; accurate and fast.
I basically use the program for OCR of Hebrew and English texts. If the source text is sufficiently clear, the results are wonderful.
ABBYY FineReader PDF offers flexible, straightforward volume licensing to meet the varied needs of private businesses, public organizations, and educational institutions.
**Customer feedback collected directly through FineReader PDF 15.
***According to internal ABBYY tests. Accuracy, speed, and formatting results may vary depending on document quality and scanner settings.