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How well does it perform compared to Abbyy?

This packages the tesseract very nicely: https://kebekus.gitlab.io/scantools/

I actually would buy Abbyy OCR but pricing for Linux ist just insane for private use. I just saw, the CLI is even discontinued: https://www.ocr4linux.com/

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Another (multi-platform) one, that packages Tesseract very nicely, is gImageReader[1]

[1]: https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader

I've been trying to use it multiple times, but I can't find it effective. I'm sure they just have in mind different needs from the ones I have, because I can tell it's a nice project.

They (Abbyy) in my understanding are a good example of a lazy company, sigh. They find something valuable and extract the most out of the franchise with the minimun effort. A bit like Lastpass. You can't deny they both excel at some stuff in their field but I still get pushed away by the lack of care/generosity.

ABBY is really great... but I was sorry to see they stopped offering it as a subscription based webapp :(

That is really odd https://pdf.abbyy.com/finereader-online-end-of-life/

What may drive this decisions?

>What may drive this decisions?

I mean, you provided the link:

"Why we are sunsetting FineReader Online

The entire ABBYY FineReader product family is getting a new look and feel. Our online recognition tools will be reworked and introduced at a later date to demonstrate the power of ABBYY's OCR technologies."

They launched a cloud version a few years ago and have seen most growth there. It’s not the best API (it requires polling; no webhooks. Yuck), but it does include their latest engine at entry level pricing.

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