

The saving options of the Abbyy FineScanner are impressive. There were a few scans where we had to retake the image, but we feel that was down to user-error above anything else. The text was clear and readable and, broadly speaking, the edge detection was hugely effective. Although it took a minute or two to process the image, it immediately separated the two pages into two separate images, allowing us to edit/save each page separately.

We also highly rate the new Abbyy FineScanner BookScan technology. However, if you too can benefit from the reduced offer of just £20.99 for the Pro subscription, we think this is a really good option to invest in. The free app has its downfalls and you will almost certainly need to upgrade – you can only scan five documents before being asked to buy the premium subscription. This means that you can start to immediately organise the storage of your document. Once we chose to save the scan, we could rename it in a way that suited us, before adding specific ‘tags’ – such as personal, work, book, contract, finance, magazine, note or presentation. You can also choose your paper size with options available within the UK A3-A6 settings as well as the US Letter/Legal/Tabloid options.


Within the initial scan function, you can choose to add a filter (B&W, Grayscale, Colour or Original) and you can choose to rotate the image. For those with lots of scanning to do, this can be beneficial.Īuto-scan is available and you immediately have the option to check the crop quality of edge detection. This is impressive because it allows you to scan both pages of a book simultaneously. A full price subscription is £71.88, although we were offered a 70% discount, reducing this to £20.99 for a whole year.Ībbyy FineScanner offers the option to scan a singular document or a whole book. Whilst the initial app is free, you do need to pay for the added features and benefits. This all means that we felt confident before starting the scanning process that this mobile scanning app had all the functionality we needed. You can also set up an auto-send option which gives you a choice of automatic saving as a small or large JPEG or PDF. There are multiple ways that you can save your document, with various cloud options available including Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, OneDrive and Yandex.Disk. It also incorporates OCR technology, ensuring clarity of the scan. First impressions of the Abbyy FineScanner are impressive – it can recognise text in 193 different languages and convert to MS Word.
