Using the Language Editor
- For FineReader 7 Pro -
-- Methods
-- How To Add Foreign Characters to FineReader
-- Using the New Language
If you have ever scanned a book that had characters like these: â Ó û Æ é and so on in them; without doubt your OCR program would have been having minor fits trying to figure out what the letter(s) are supposed to be. There are three possible solutions to remedy this situation.
1. Edit the offending letter (or word) in your favourite word processor or text editor with a simple search and replace after you have saved your scans. This however can be quite time consuming.
2. Train the OCR (via the pattern editor) to substitute a standard English equivalent for the foreign character. For example when the "â" character is seen by FR (FineReader) it will should automatically substitute the English "a" in its place.
For those that like to keep the characters as closely as possible to the original text, you can also make the pattern editor recognise the foreign letter exactly as is, and when saved you will see the characters as they are supposed to be. (Click here to learn more about this method.)
3. Add the foreign characters directly into your Language Editor which tells the OCR that these letters are acceptable. For most books this is the fastest and easiest solution. When a foreign word (or a word with foreign characters appear) all you need to do is add it to your dictionary (if you want to keep it as it is) meaning that in further proofing the word will no longer appear as an error.
This Third method is what I would like to look at here.
How To Add Foreign Character to FineReader

1#: Start FineReader 7 Professional, go to the Tools and click Language Editor. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L to open up the Language Editor window while in FR.

2#: Within the Language Editor Window click on the "New" Tab.

3#: In the "New Language or Group" Tab select the first option (Create a new language based on) and make sure English is selected. What this does is create a new dictionary file based on your previous English Dictionary.

4#: In the "Simple Language Properties" Tab:
1. Fill in a 'Language Name' of your choice. - Preferably
make a name up that will remind you as to why you made it.
2. Leave the "Source Language" as is (or change it to English-British)
3.Now at the "Alphabet" section; highlight the entire LINE with the mouse (or
use the Keyboard shortcut Shift+End) and then tap the Delete Key on your
Keyboard (leaving nothing in this area) replacing the empty area with this line
of characters (remember to keep it all on one line)
™!"#$%&'()*+,./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¥§©®±µ¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖרÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþ
Or alternative open up this text file in your favourite text editor highlighting the entire line, copying it all (Ctrl+C) and then pasting it (Ctrl+V) into the "Alphabet" section. Remember when copying to keep it all one ONE LINE.
Keep the "Built-in dictionary" button marked, click okay, exit out of the program windows and you are all set.

5#: Now all that remains is for you to use the new Language you have created from the drop down list as seen above. And that is all there is to recognizing Foreign Characters.
Note: when you add a word to the dictionary that contains non-English letters a warning box will pop up, just click through it as it is only warning you about the foreign characters and then add it to your dictionary as you normally would. [Another article will be written that deals with the dictionary file]
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