User Guide
Recognition Languages
ABBYY FineReader recognizes documents containing a single or multiple languages. When
recognizing documents in English or in German, you may also use the corresponding special
ized medical or legal dictionaries in addition to the generalpurpose ABBYY FineReader dic
tionaries.
To set the text recognition language, select it in the drop–down list on the Standard toolbar.
To recognize a multi–lingual document:
1. Select Select multiple languages in the language list on the Standard tool
bar. The Recognition Language dialog will open.
2. Select the desired language in the Recognition Language dialog.
Note:
1. You may choose to create a language group that includes the language combi
nations that you use regularly.
2. Increasing the number of the recognition languages used simultaneously may
reduce recognition quality. For best results, limit the number of languages to
two or three.
3. Before recognizing a document, check that the fonts selected on the
Formatting tab support all the characters contained in the recognition lan
guage(s) chosen. Unsupported characters will be displayed incorrectly (“?” or
“_” symbols will appear instead of letters). See “Fonts for Recognition
Languages that may be Displayed in Text Editor Incorrectly” in ABBYY
FineReader Help for more information.
Your desired language may not be listed if:
1. ABBYY FineReader does not support the language. See the complete list of
recognition languages under “Supported Languages” in the ABBYY FineReader
Help.
2. The language hasn’t added to the recognition language list on the
Recognition toolbar. To add a language, select Choose more languages in
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Chapter 6. Recognition