Intelligent OCR.

ABBYY Software's next-generation optical character recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR OCR
in full optical character recognition

Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. ) and document conversion software is more intelligent than previous versions. FineReader 8.0 converts document images and PDF files See PDF. to editable and searchable electronic rites. FineReader handles a variety of document types, including tables and spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software
Online spreadsheets

Main article: List of online spreadsheets

EditGrid ^[1]
Simple Spreadsheet ^[2]
wikiCalc

, magazine articles, contracts, and faxes. Enhancements in version 8.0 give FineReader new intelligence and a significant increase in overall recognition accuracy. For instances when a scanner is not available, the software can even recognize text on digital photographs (this is difficult for OCR software because picture quality, focus, and orientation effect recognition). FineReader 8.0 Lists for $399.99. Learn more at www.abbyyusa.com.

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