Unlike, for example, the document-compare feature in
Microsoft Word, which works only with Word
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interface is clumsy and confusing compared to
FineReader’s, with its clear, color-coded display of
variants between documents. It’s an impressive sight to
see FineReader display a scanned image in one pane of
its document-compare interface, a formatted Word
document in another pane, and an accurate list of the
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lets you scrape text from images on your screen that
normally can’t be converted to text and includes the
most powerful document-comparison tool we’ve ever
seen. But what makes it stand out most are the OCR
proofreading features that help you clean up OCR
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anything else. We’ve been using it for years to tackle
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disappointed by it. FineReader, with its powerful
combination of features and economical pricing
structure, is a clear Editors’ Choice winner for PDF and
OCR software.
EDWARD MENDELSON
PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION (^) I SUBSCRIBE (^) I MARCH 2020
The OCR
proofreading
features help
you clean up
OCR errors
more quickly
and accurately
than anything
else.