FineReader Pro for Mac offers castrated feature set
Thread poster: Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
Mar 14, 2021

Only yesterday I discovered that FineReader Pro for Mac cannot perform a spell check, though a menu item indicates that it does provide this feature.

When reading the FAQ for FineReader Pro for Mac offers, I find:

Does FineReader Pro for Mac differ from the Windows version?

FineReader Pro for Mac offers advanced text recognition (OCR) capabilities. Unlike the Windows version of FineReader it does not include PDF editing and document comparison tools. See this comparison for more details.

Some more specific differences between the document scanning and conversion capabilities of the two products include:

  • Pro for Mac supports ICA-compatible scanners, MFPs, cameras, and smartphones
  • Converted documents can be edited only after their export to any of the preferred text editing applications. For effective proofreading, we recommend that documents be exported with uncertainly recognized symbols highlighted
  • Pattern training and user dictionaries are not supported in FineReader for Mac.

Can I correct conversion results before saving?

FineReader Pro for Mac doesn’t support text editing within in the program, but you can edit the results in applications such as Apple Pages, Microsoft® Word, Apache OpenOffice® Writer etc. Just check the “Open after save” box in the Save dialog while naming the resulting document, and edit it in the application of your choice. To export the document with uncertainly recognized symbols that are highlighted by FineReader Pro, choose the corresponding option in the export panel.


Well, that's quite disappointing, isn't it?


Gennady Lapardin
 


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FineReader Pro for Mac offers castrated feature set






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