More FineReaders are good and different!

    There's so much going on, that no one should be, and did not notice a curious change in the pro fillet of ABBYY. No, I'm not talking about the fact that the “Applications” plate was added to the right. As they say, we need to go deeper!

    The most attentive looks now must be riveted to the mentions of Windows 8 and iOS in the picture on the right, which is true, because they appeared there recently. Under the cat, I’ll tell you a little about the applications hiding behind the specified links.



    So, I’ll start in order. And what is our first one - Windows 8 or iOS? The correct answer: Azure, because both applications are clients of our web service FineReader Online, which lives on the roof, it’s clear where. Why am I? There are generally a number of conclusions. For instance:

    • Without a network, using the application is a rather meaningless event, since the pictures are sent to the server, the recognized ones are taken from there;
    • The user's balance does not depend on how he wants to use the service. If you bought 100 pages through the site, you can spend them both through the iPhone and through Windows 8. The reverse statements, of course, are also true;
    • File storage is also single. You can send photos from iPhone for recognition, and pick up the result, having settled down in the office more conveniently, through the browser. Achtung: at the same time, do not forget that we store the result on the server for 2 weeks.

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    In fact, despite the different appearances, applications can do approximately the same thing: take a picture from a camera or from a device’s gallery, send it for recognition with the specified parameters (language, output format), and get the result back.

    Of course, there are differences. The iOS client can handle photos better: the cropping mechanism is borrowed from FineScanner . And he has the opportunity to put marks on documents. This is in case there is a desire to organize a library of dedicated content on the device.
    In addition, customers have a different list of supported out of the box online storage
    • Windows 8 - Client: Evernote, Dropbox, Google Drive
    • iOS - client: Evernote, Yandex.Disk

    However, this difference is leveled out by the possibility of “sharing” the recognition result in any other applications that support working with the desired formats.

    That’s basically it. Although no, I can tell you a couple of stories from the life of FineReader Touch (this is the very Win8 client that is discussed here).

    The first story. About luck.
    We sent, it means, the application for Win8 for verification in the Store. After a week, an answer like “but not” comes along and some small recommendations about improving the application. Revered, not quite understood. We decided that while we will understand, we can try once again to send the same build for verification. And you know, it worked. Morality: perseverance and work (first of all, of course, perseverance) lead to the fact that the application will still upgrade to a less picky approver :)

    The second story. FineReader Touch: strawberry for adults.
    At some point, it turned out that the Store did not want to let us in with an age limit of 0+. I had to install 12+. So don’t give children a better tablet; we have Easter eggs in the form of half-naked girls. But we did not add them there and we still have not met, honestly!

    There will be no stories about the iOS application, because no one told me them. And I have nothing to do with the mobile department, so I myself have not seen anything, I have not heard, I will not say.

    If the desire to install the product rolled in a warm wave, then here are the links:
    iOS : itunes.apple.com/en/app/finereader-touch/id565102038 (I note that the application is not free, but the package comes with 100 pages recognition)
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    Win8 : apps.microsoft.com/windows/ru-RU/app/finereader-touch/810b92ef-ba6b-497c-8208-90710e71d745
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    By the way, regular users of MetroUI, what type of barcode is typical for this platform? I remember that MS pushed Microsoft Tag , but did not notice that it was actively used in Windows 8.

    And yes, if there are specific questions about developing an application on Win8, then we will almost certainly be able to answer them - write in comments.

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