Abby PDFTransformer Abby FineReader

cian · 11-25-2009, 09:36 AM

Hi,
I've decided that I need to bite the bullet and buy an OCR package. Abby seems like the best, but given that PDF Transformer is cheaper is there any advantage to buying FineReader? All I care about is accurate OCR, ideally preserving formatting of the original text (I have a lot of academic books that I need to get off my shelves). Does anyone know if the OCR of PDFTransformer is identical to FineReader?

Kellhus · 11-25-2009, 02:07 PM

PDF Transformer is for... pdf files only.

cian · 11-25-2009, 03:36 PM

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I have no problem scanning books in and turning the scans into PDFs that made up of images of each page of the book/paper. However it seems, reading their advertising blurb, that PDF transformer can OCR PDFs. I was just wondering if the OCR engine was identical, and if there are problems with going down that route. There's quite a difference in price, plus PDF transformer has some other useful features (conversion into HTML/RTF).

Elfwreck · 11-25-2009, 03:57 PM

The OCR engine should be the same. The full version of FineReader allows manual zoning of the pages, search & correction of the OCR before output, and choice of several output formats (HTML, Text, RTF, PDF, Excel, more).

If the scans themselves are good, and mostly text-based (i.e. not magazine layouts with exotic fonts & text on top of photos) the differences should be minor.

11-25-2009, 09:36 AM	#1
cian Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 602 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hove, UK Device: sony prs505	Abby PDFTransformer Abby FineReader Hi, I've decided that I need to bite the bullet and buy an OCR package. Abby seems like the best, but given that PDF Transformer is cheaper is there any advantage to buying FineReader? All I care about is accurate OCR, ideally preserving formatting of the original text (I have a lot of academic books that I need to get off my shelves). Does anyone know if the OCR of PDFTransformer is identical to FineReader?

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11-25-2009, 02:07 PM	#2
Kellhus Member Posts: 17 Karma: 20 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	PDF Transformer is for... pdf files only.

11-25-2009, 03:36 PM	#3
cian Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 602 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hove, UK Device: sony prs505	Sorry, I should have been clearer. I have no problem scanning books in and turning the scans into PDFs that made up of images of each page of the book/paper. However it seems, reading their advertising blurb, that PDF transformer can OCR PDFs. I was just wondering if the OCR engine was identical, and if there are problems with going down that route. There's quite a difference in price, plus PDF transformer has some other useful features (conversion into HTML/RTF).

11-25-2009, 03:57 PM	#4
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	The OCR engine should be the same. The full version of FineReader allows manual zoning of the pages, search & correction of the OCR before output, and choice of several output formats (HTML, Text, RTF, PDF, Excel, more). If the scans themselves are good, and mostly text-based (i.e. not magazine layouts with exotic fonts & text on top of photos) the differences should be minor.

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