FineReader Version 8.0 or 7.0?
FineReader is our OCR software of choice. OCR software is critical for a paperless office. OCR software is the software that takes the "picture" that the scanner takes of documents and turns that picture into something that can be searched or indexed.
Recently, FineReader Version 8.0 was released. Question: Should you upgrade to version 8.0? We don't think the update is worth it. We scanned various documents today with FineReader Version 7.0 and Version 8.0. We did not notice any improvement in speed. About the only places where speed can be improved are in the "reading" phase and the phase where the PDF file is created. The "reading" phase is the process of recognizing words and letters in the scanned image. To be honest, the PDF creation phase is so short compared to the "reading" phase that an improvement in the PDF creation phase would not make much difference.
We did note that both FineReader versions will create PDF files that are Acrobat 3.x or 4.x version. The most current Acrobat version is now at version 7.
Recently, FineReader Version 8.0 was released. Question: Should you upgrade to version 8.0? We don't think the update is worth it. We scanned various documents today with FineReader Version 7.0 and Version 8.0. We did not notice any improvement in speed. About the only places where speed can be improved are in the "reading" phase and the phase where the PDF file is created. The "reading" phase is the process of recognizing words and letters in the scanned image. To be honest, the PDF creation phase is so short compared to the "reading" phase that an improvement in the PDF creation phase would not make much difference.
We did note that both FineReader versions will create PDF files that are Acrobat 3.x or 4.x version. The most current Acrobat version is now at version 7.
posted by Dave K @ 2:30 PM
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