Summary

Software piracy hurts software manufacturers and end users alike-using an illegal product is never safe.Legal software ensures that third party companies cannot introduce detrimental code changes. ABBYY makes every effort to protect its intellectual property rights and the security of its customer through a variety of anti^piracy measures. ABBYY FineReader 7.0 incorporates a specialized activation technology that prohibits illegal copying and distribution of the software. This technology effectively stops the unauthorized use of ABBYY products by those who have not signed a License Agreement with ABBYY.

Activation may be required to access the full functionality of FineReader 7.0. This process veri­fies that you are installing a genuine ABBYY product. ABBYY guarantees that activation of the product does not entail the communication of personal information to ABBYY. In fact, activa­tion may be completely anonymous, if desired.

At activation, the FineReader Activation Wizard creates a unique Installation ID that indicates only the configuration of your PC at the time of activation. ABBYY FineReader is an easy-to-use program that recognizes texts in practically any font with­out any prior training. The program features high recognition accuracy and low sensitivity to print defects due to its incorporation of special recognition technology based on the princi­ples of Integrity, Purposeful and Adaptable (IPA) perception.

There are two stages in the process of inputting a document for ocr:

1. Scanning. During the scanning stage, a scanner reads the image and transfers it into a computer. The acquired image is nothing more than a picture (a set of black, white and color dots that is not editable with a word processor).

2. Recognition. During the recognition stage, FineReader analyzes the image file transmitted by the scanner (layout analysis) and recognizes each character. The layout analysis (selecting the recognition areas, tables, pictures, lines, and individual characters) and image reading processes are closely related. Page layout analysis is more accurate when the nature of the text is known to the application.

Software and Hardware Requirements

ABBYY FineReader 7.0 requires the following:

1. PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Xeon™, AMD K6/ Athlon™/Duron™ or compatible processor. Processor must be 200MHz or higher

2. Microsoft® Windows® XP, Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows® NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 6 or greater, Windows® ME/98 (for working with localized inter­faces, corresponding language support is required)

3. 64 MB (Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0), 32 MB (Windows ME/98), plus 16 MB of RAM for each additional processor (in the case of a multiprocessor system)

4. 150 MB of free hard-disk space for typical program installation

5. 70 MB of free hard-disk space for program operation

6. TWAIN-compatible scanner, digital camera or fax-modem

7. Video card and monitor (min. resolution 800×600)

8. Keyboard, mouse or other pointing device

Note: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later is required to search in recognized pages and to read news on the ABBYY Community news channel (only for ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Professional Edition).