ABBYY FineReader Scripting Edition 7.0

ABBYY FineReader Scripting Edition, developed by ABBYY Software Ltd., is an automation-focused solution that brings ABBYY’s high-accuracy OCR and document conversion capabilities to scripts and batch workflows. It exposes FineReader’s recognition engine through a simple COM and command-line interface, enabling unattended processing of scans and image-only PDFs into searchable, editable files while preserving layout and structure. Designed for IT teams, developers, and power users, it streamlines large-scale conversions and integrates seamlessly with existing Windows-based processes.

Key capabilities:

• Advanced OCR for multilingual documents with strong layout retention
• Scriptable control via COM, Windows Scripting Host, PowerShell, and common programming languages
• Batch processing with reusable profiles, templates, and zonal OCR for targeted data extraction
• Export to searchable PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel formats, RTF, HTML, and plain text
• Image pre-processing (deskew, despeckle, rotation, resolution normalization) to improve recognition quality
• Flexible output options, from exact layout replicas to reflowed, editable documents
• Robust logging, return codes, and error handling for reliable automation

Typical uses include backfile conversion, routine capture in back-office workflows, creating searchable PDF archives, and embedding OCR steps into RPA or scheduled jobs.

ABBYY FineReader Scripting Edition is developed by ABBYY Software Ltd.. The most popular version of this product among our users is 7.0. The name of the program executable file is FineReader.exe.