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#ABBYY FINEREADER EXPRESS EDITION FOR MAC FOR MAC#
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#ABBYY FINEREADER EXPRESS EDITION FOR MAC SOFTWARE#

This works, but I'd be happier if I didn't need either the USB cable or this extra step.ĭespite this limitation, and despite its limited feature set, this is still by far the best OCR app for Mac users. ABBYY's tech support confirmed that FineReader doesn't (yet) scan wirelessly, and suggesting using OS X's Image Capture to scan to any standard image format (PNG, TIFF, PDF) and then open FineReader and perform OCR on the scanned image. But I had to connect a USB cable between the LaserJet MFP and my MacBook to scan into FineReader Express. I can use OS X's built-in Image Capture app to scan from the LaserJet MFP even when I'm using my MacBook to connect wirelessly with my router, and the rival Prizmo app is happy to scan wirelessly from the LaserJet MFP.

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My scanner is part of an HP LaserJet Pro 400 MFP M425dn, which is connected by an Ethernet cable to my router. One CaveatFineReader Express let me down in only one way-it won't work with a scanner unless your Mac is directly connected to the scanner via a USB cable.

But if you want to extract text from scanned images, Acrobat is second-best to ABBYY.

#ABBYY FINEREADER EXPRESS EDITION FOR MAC PDF#

So if you're thinking of buying an OCR app because you want to extract text from non-scanned PDF files-the kind that have sharp, clear fonts and perfect alignment on the page-then you're better off with Acrobat Pro or third-party PDF editors like Nitro PDF.

Instead, it reconstructs the original document using information embedded in the PDF when it was created. Adobe has the advantage here because it isn't performing any actual OCR on this kind of PDF. But Acrobat Pro far outclassed the competition when exporting Word and Excel documents from PDF files that were created by 'printing' to PDF from an application, not by scanning an image. Every other product-including the built-in OCR in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro -made dozens of errors reading the same document.įineReader Express far outclassed its Mac-based competition-Prizmo and Adobe Acrobat Pro-when performing OCR on scanned images and PDF files created by scanning in a paper document. ABBYY converted it with only an error in only one word, where the scanned image was too faint to read accurately. One test I ran on all the OCR apps that I looked at involved a scanned PDF of a legal form from a government web site. But ABBYY's recognition engine is so effective and accurate that you may not miss them. You also can't manually correct for distortions in the page image. OCR OperationsOne thing you can't do in the main window is correct any OCR misreadings, as you can with the rival Prizmo OCR app, or with ABBYY's high-powered Windows apps. I simply clicked on a button, selected a PDF file that I wanted to convert to a word-processing document, and waited a few seconds while the app displayed a progress bar, then opened its main window with the document image displayed, and prompted me to select a filename for the converted document. The Quick Tasks menu has a drop-down menus that lets you choose whether to get images from a file or a scanner, and buttons that let you select from four output formats: a text document, a worksheet, an HTML file, or a searchable PDF. Interface FineReader Express has the simplest and most straightforward interface I've found on any OCR app. FineReader Express doesn't include the touch-up and editing tools that the Windows-based Professional version has in profusion, but most home and SOHO users won't need them. That's because the OCR engine that ABBYY uses in all its products lets FineReader Express produce the same high-quality output produced by its feature-rich Windows-based siblings.

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Mac users get only a feature-limited version called FineReader Express Edition for the Mac-but even this limited version outclasses any other OCR software we've tested for the Mac.

Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security SoftwareĪBBYY's FineReader OCR apps consistently get our Editors' Choice award, but only Windows users get to use the high-powered FineReader 11 Professional Edition.

Abbyy finereader express edition for mac