# ABBYY FineReader Projects at AI Tinkerers > Canonical HTML: https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/abbyy-finereader > Markdown URL: https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/abbyy-finereader.md > Technology record last updated: 2026-02-25T04:13:03Z > Generated: 2026-08-26T23:11:01Z ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 is an AI-powered OCR and PDF toolset that converts scans into editable documents with 99.8% recognition accuracy. FineReader PDF 16 streamlines document digitization by combining professional-grade OCR with a full-scale PDF editor. It supports 198 languages (including Arabic and Chinese) and preserves original formatting during conversions to Microsoft Word or Excel. Users rely on the Compare Documents feature to identify text discrepancies between different file formats: a scanned paper original versus a digital PDF. For high-volume tasks, the Hot Folder tool automates batch processing (up to 5,000 pages per month in the Corporate edition) to keep administrative workflows moving without manual intervention. - Official technology site: https://pdf.abbyy.com/ - Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 3 - Result page: 1 of 1 ## Recent Public Talks and Demos ### [From Image to Structured Data: Building a Local AI Document OCR Platform for Administrative Workflows](https://tokyo.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_Vs-o12h3f_U) Administrative and compliance-heavy professions still rely heavily on paper and scanned documents. However, sending sensitive documents to cloud OCR or AI services is often not acceptable due to privacy, regulatory, or client confidentiality requirements. In this talk, I will present a professional web-based OCR processing platform designed for secure, local-first document handling — with a focus on real-world administrative document workflows such as those handled by 行政書士 professionals. - Event context: AI Tinkerers Tokyo - Toranomon Meetup - February 19, 2026 — 2026-02-19 — Tokyo - Public talk page: https://tokyo.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_Vs-o12h3f_U ### [Applying 4o Vision Finetuning to Chemistry Diagrams](https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_7w9joR3W_oI) The task is to extract student's attempts for chemistry diagram questions. These diagrams are a graph with nodes and edges. Using VLLMs out of the box often results in the model correcting the chemistry equations or missing key notation. Here we explore Vision Finetuning, and see how far we can go with less than 10 hand-labelled examples. Kuang Wen and I will show the data we have, the augmentation techniques, and our current demo app comparing finetuned with non-finetuned. - Event context: AI Tinkerers Singapore: 3rd Meetup - November 19th, 2024 — 2024-11-19 — Singapore - Public talk page: https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_7w9joR3W_oI ### [ML Generated Docs through Video Understanding](https://seattle.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_Rd7nRlt5Gbs) At Augmend we're developing ways to capture knowledge when devs work. We recently began experimenting with a new feature where we are able to auto-generate documentation just from "watching" your workflow. 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