ABBYY FineReader OCR Pro 12.1.14 for Mac
Mac BusinessABBYY FineReader OCR Pro 12.1.14 for Mac was ABBYY's professional optical character recognition app, built to free information trapped in scans, photos and image-only PDFs. It recognises printed text and rebuilds the document's layout — columns, tables and headings — so the result is genuinely editable rather than a plain text dump.
ABBYY discontinued FineReader Pro for Mac in September 2021 and replaced it with FineReader PDF for Mac, which is why the official link above leads to ABBYY's upgrade page. Existing Pro licences still describe a capable tool, but new buyers should choose the current product for modern macOS support.
Key Features
- High-accuracy OCR that preserves document layout, tables and formatting
- Convert to DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, RTF, HTML, EPUB and searchable PDF or PDF/A
- Batch conversion and Automator and AppleScript support for repeated jobs
- Screenshot Reader to capture and recognise text from any area of the screen
- Recognition for documents in a very wide range of languages
How to Download
- Download from the official site
- On ABBYY's site, choose the current FineReader PDF for Mac trial or purchase instead of the discontinued Pro edition.
- Install, launch the app, and open a scan or PDF to run your first conversion.
Is ABBYY FineReader OCR Pro free?
No. FineReader Pro was paid software, and it is no longer sold. Its successor, FineReader PDF for Mac, offers a free trial — 7 days and up to 100 pages for individuals — before a licence or subscription is required.
Can I still download Pro 12 from other sites?
Avoid it. Because ABBYY no longer sells this edition, unofficial sites offering it are distributing old or cracked installers that will not receive fixes. The official upgrade path gives you a supported version for current macOS releases.
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