Extra Quality — Finereader Abbyy

Standard OCR is a single pass. "Extra Quality" is a three-pass system.

Standard OCR treats a scan as a flat 2D image. But a physical book has a spine. When you scan a thick book, the text near the binding curves inward, creating a shadow and distorted letters. finereader abbyy extra quality

You might be thinking, "Do I really need Extra Quality? I scan receipts fine." Let’s look at three scenarios where Standard OCR fails catastrophically, and FineReader ABBYY Extra Quality saves the day. Standard OCR is a single pass

If you have a specific font (e.g., a custom corporate font or an old typeface like Courier Old Style), use the Pattern Training tool. Numeric/table recovery

  • Numeric/table recovery
  • Ambiguity highlighting

    • An "extra quality" PDF is not just searchable; it is fully text-understood. FineReader creates a text layer that precisely matches the visual image. This allows you to:

    A historian digitized handwritten notes from the 1950s. While FineReader cannot read cursive (no OCR can truly do that well), "Extra Quality" excelled at typewritten notes where the ribbon was dying. It recognized the lighter impact of the 'e' on the ribbon as a distinct character, not an empty space.