ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac Takes Home Top Prize in Category

BRACKNELL, UK (6th July 2010) ABBYY UK Ltd., a member of the ABBYY Group, and a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced that ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac has received the award for “Best Professional Software” from Macworld UK magazine. The award was handed out at the Macworld Awards, a computer industry event that recognises the products and vendors that have made a significant contribution throughout the past year. ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac provides easily accessible, high performance optical character recognition (OCR) and saves users precious time previously spent retyping and reformatting text.

“We are truly honoured that the editors and the readers of Macworld UK voted for our product,” explained David Evans, ABBYY UK Sales Director. “A Macworld Award is considered a benchmark of excellence throughout the industry and we are pleased to have that distinction.”
ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac delivers easy-to-use text recognition and PDF conversion for creating searchable and editable digital files from documents, PDF files, scans, and digital camera images. Designed specifically for Mac users, ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac is based on ABBYY’s intelligent document recognition technologies, offering high levels of accuracy when converting texts while at the same time re-creating document formatting such as tables, columns, bullets, and numbering.

ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac is available from ABBYY’s established network of distributor and reseller partners and via the ABBYY online store at www.ABBYY.com. For more information, please visit the ABBYY Web site at www.abbyy.com