[Athen] Replacing Adobe Pro with FoxIT Pro

Robert Spangler rspangler1 at udayton.edu
Wed Jun 16 10:24:30 PDT 2021


Hi Susan, thanks for your reply. Can you explain more why OCR isn't as
good in Adobe as it is in Abbyy? We have a very old version of Abbyy which
is no longer supported, and I would probably have a hard time making the
argument to purchase both Abbyy and Adobe, or Abbyy and FoxIT as it may be
in the future. I personally have not found Adobe OCR to be a problem, but
I'm sure the volume of OCR work you do exceeds mine so you'd have a better
idea.

Robert


On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 1:16 PM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>
wrote:


> If you are using Adobe Pro for OCR, you are missing better functionality

> that could be had with Abbyy Finereader or Omnipage (we are an Omni shop

> and I would never count on Adobe Pro for OCR). We only use Adobe Pro for

> breaking up files or fixing reading order, that sort of thing. Its ability

> to OCR is definitely substandard. L

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> I cannot speak for the accessibility of FoxIT, so hopefully others have

> good, solid answers.

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> Hi all, our campus is encouraging all units to stop purchasing Adobe Pro,

> and instead switch to FoxIT Pro. We primarily use Adobe Pro for OCR as

> well as editing book scans and publisher files. Does anyone here have

> experience with FoxIT? How is its accessibility with screen readers? I

> understand that the ability of blind people to edit PDFs is limited anyway,

> but is navigating the program interface accessible? Can it perform OCR as

> well as Adobe, and handle all the book editing functions? Thanks for your

> responses!

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Resources (OLR)
University of Dayton
Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center (LTC)
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Phone: 937-229-2066
* All appointments are being held remotely at this time.
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