ABBYY
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software Mobile software Applied linguistics Language translation |
| Founded | 1989 in Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Key people | Chairman: David Yang, CEO: Sergey Andreev |
| Products | OCR, document conversion, document capture, dictionary software, mobile solutions |
| Employees | 1000 (2011) |
| Website | www.abbyy.com |
ABBYY (
/ˈʌbɪ/) is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.[1]
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[edit] History
ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang. As of 2011, the company has over 1000 employees in fourteen offices in Germany (Munich), the UK (Bracknell), the USA (Milpitas, CA), Japan (Tokyo), Taiwan (Taipei), Russia (Moscow), Ukraine (Kiev), Canada (Ontario), Australia (Sydney), and Cyprus.[2]
The key area of ABBYY's development and research is text recognition technologies and applied linguistics. The majority of ABBYY products, such as document conversion and document capture solutions and technologies, are designed to simplify the transition from paper documents to electronic information, eliminating the most time-consuming and labour-intensive tasks such as retyping text and manual data entry. ABBYY also develops language products, which include ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software and solutions for professional translators such as ABBYY Aligner.[3]
In 2007, a branch specializing in publishing dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedias and guide-books, ABBYY Press, was established.[4] ABBYY also owns ABBYY Language Services, a high-tech translation and localization agency.[5]
[edit] Awards
In March 2011 ABBYY was selected for KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management Award (for the fifth year in a row).[6] In May 2006 ABBYY USA was awarded the Fujitsu Quarterly Innovative Leadership Award.[7]
[edit] Company name
ABBYY claims that the company name means "keen eye" in the hypothetical reconstructed parent language of Miao–Yao, Nu, Hmong–Mien, Hmong and Kim Mun groups of the Sino-Tibetan language family.[8]
[edit] Products
- FineReader
- For converting document images and PDFs into editable and searchable files
- FlexiCapture
- A dynamic data capture application that automatically processes multiple document types in a single stream
- Recognition Server
- Server-based software for automating document recognition and PDF conversion processes
- PDF Transformer
- An application for PDF conversion and creation;
- Mobile OCR Engine(SDK)
- A powerful software development kit which allows developers of mobile and small footprint applications to integrate highly accurate optical character recognition technologies that convert images and photographs into manageable and searchable text.
- Lingvo
- A family of electronic dictionaries for PC, PDA and smartphones, as well as print dictionaries. It gives translations of words and phrases for a range of European and Asian languages, accompanied with transcription, pronunciation, word usage examples and the list of inflected forms. It includes Lingvo Tutor — a flash-card utility for memorizing words. In its current iteration, Lingvo x5 is available in English-Russian, 9 languages, and 20 languages.
[edit] Reception
PC Advisor commented, in 2005, "FineReader 8.0 Pro is the best OCR software we've seen"[9] while PC Magazine gives it four stars out of five.[10]
However, also in 2005, PC Pro gave FineReader four stars out of six, saying, "FineReader offers a decent compromise between the value and accuracy of Readiris and the power and automation features of OmniPage. If you need automation on a budget, it's the package to go for, but for home and occasional office use Readiris is the better package at this price."[11]
In January 2007 the FineReader Engine (an OCR SDK) was selected for use in Ricoh's DocumentMall document management system.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ "ABBYY - Company Overview". http://www.abbyy.com/company. Retrieved 2009, December 17.
- ^ "ABBYY - Key Facts". http://www.abbyy.com/company/key_facts/. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ ABBYY (undated). "ABBYY Aligner". http://www.abbyy.com/aligner. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ "ABBYY Press Publishing (in Russian)". http://www.abbyypress.ru/about. Retrieved 2009, December 17.
- ^ "ABBYY Language Services". http://www.abbyy.com/language_services. Retrieved 2009, December 17.
- ^ "KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management", KMWorld, 1 March 2009
- ^ "Fujitsu Selects ABBYY USA for Quarterly Innovative Leadership Award", Fujitsu.com, 17 May 2006
- ^ ABBYY (undated). "ABBYY - What Does It Mean?". http://www.abbyy.com/company. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Professional" PC Advisor, 3 November 2005.
- ^ "Abbyy FineReader 8.0 Professional Edition", PC Magazine, 12 September 2005.
- ^ "ABBYY FineReader 8 Professional Edition", PC Pro, December 2005.
- ^ "ABBYY FineReader Engine Selected for Ricoh's Award-Winning DocumentMall", January 23, 2007, MarketWire
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