ABBYY®, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies and services, today announced ABBYY FineReader 12, the newest version of its award-winning Optical Character Recognition and document conversion software.“Serving as a bridge between paper and digital documents, OCR software is one of the essential tools to build an efficient working environment,” commented Ivan Bodyagin, director of the FineReader Desktop Products Department at ABBYY.

“FineReader 12 was designed to provide a truly convenient way of digitizing paper documents and working with the content editing and quoting text, copying and reusing data, and adapting them for searchable archives.” 

In addition, ABBYY FineReader 12 offers a number of powerful improvements, which include:

Innovative Background OCR Open, view and start working with a document of any size immediately while it continues to be processed in the background and save considerable time.

Speed-up Recognition up to 15%*.

Easy Data Extraction and Text Quotation — Easily copy a table or formatted text from any selected area with no need to recognize the entire document.
 
Up to 30% Improved Accuracy on Business Docs — ABBYY FineReader 12 new tool for removing color stamps and pen marks and more accurate retention of charts, graphs and etc!

Improved table conversion by up to 40%* — Engineers, financial professionals or other specialists save significant time and effort when working with numerical data.

Improved Accuracy up to 20% for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, 15% for Arabic and 10% for Hebrew 

Easier Saving and Retrieving Files from the Cloud — FineReader 12 provides easier access to popular cloud storages such as Google Drive™, Dropbox™, SkyDrive® and more.

Enhanced Sharing Capabilities — Direct integration of ABBYY FineReader 12 Corporate with Microsoft SharePoint® Online / Office 365™ further facilitates document sharing.

ABBYY Camera OCR and PreciseScan technologies — Turn photos of documents into scanner-quality images for easier reading, archiving or better printing results.

Faster and Easier Verification & Correction — Both spelling and formatting corrections, with intuitive hot keys and tab controls for easy navigation through the verification process.

Enhanced Hot Folder in FineReader 12 Corporate — Improved Hot Folder batch conversion of documents now speeds up overall conversion process, plus provides dual-core processing support.

Compatible with Windows 8 and support of basic touch gestures to scroll and zoom on laptops with touch screens.
Availability ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional is available immediately through various online stores, selected retail outlets and resellers worldwide. ABBYY FineReader 12 Corporate, designed to meet the needs of mid-to-large businesses and organizations, will become available in spring of 2014. For detailed product information, or to download a free trial version of the application, visit: http://finereader.abbyy.com.