<s>
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
FineReader	I-Operating_System
PDF	B-Application
is	O
an	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	B-Application
)	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
file	I-Application
editing	O
since	O
v15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
runs	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
7	I-Device
or	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
(	O
without	O
PDF	B-Application
editing	O
)	O
Apple	B-Application
macOS	I-Application
10.12	O
Sierra	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
allows	O
the	O
conversion	O
of	O
image	O
documents	O
(	O
photos	O
,	O
scans	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
)	O
and	O
screen	O
captures	O
into	O
editable	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
,	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
PDF/A	O
,	O
searchable	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
CSV	O
and	O
txt	O
(	O
plain	O
text	O
)	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FineReader	B-Operating_System
recognizes	O
new	O
characters	O
by	O
:	O
training	O
characters	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
recognition	O
alphabet	O
;	O
selecting	O
additional	O
characters	O
from	O
a	O
list	O
and	O
adding	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
alphabet	O
of	O
a	O
selected	O
language	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
adding	O
certain	O
Icelandic	O
characters	O
to	O
a	O
German	O
alphabet	O
for	O
a	O
German	O
text	O
describing	O
Iceland	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
adding	O
domain-specific	O
vocabulary	O
to	O
the	O
FineReader	B-Operating_System
’s	O
built-in	O
lexicon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
there	O
were	O
more	O
than	O
20	O
million	O
users	O
of	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
FineReader	I-Operating_System
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
FineReader	B-Operating_System
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
,	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
licenses	O
the	O
technology	O
to	O
companies	O
including	O
Fujitsu	O
,	O
Panasonic	O
,	O
Xerox	O
,	O
Plustek	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
version	O
15	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
rated	O
"	O
Highest-quality	O
OCR	B-Application
on	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
by	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1989	O
and	O
began	O
using	O
its	O
current	O
name	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
digital	O
intelligence	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
document	O
conversion	O
and	O
data	O
capture	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
specializes	O
in	O
OCR	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
intelligent	O
document	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
entered	O
the	O
professional	O
translation	O
market	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
partners	O
with	O
AI	O
,	O
analytics	O
,	O
and	O
RPA	B-Application
vendors	O
UiPath	O
,	O
Blue	O
Prism	O
,	O
Alteryx	O
,	O
PwC	O
India	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
acquired	O
TimelinePI	O
,	O
a	O
process	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
company	O
,	O
and	O
Marlin	O
Equity	O
Partners	O
became	O
its	O
biggest	O
shareholder	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
