FineReader Engine offers a very broad set of technologies such as:
Recognition SDK to integrate state-of-the-art document recognition
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR),
Optical Mark Recognition (OMR),
Optical Barcode Recognition (OBR),
PDF conversion.
ABBYY FineReader Engine SDKs used and integrated by
Software Developers / ISVs to add OCR and paper document conversion to their custom applications
Scan Service Providers (BPO) to add ABBYY OCR in their processing systems so they can provide best conversion results for their users and customers.
FineReader Engine is available for different operating systems and
| Operating Systems | Technology Cycle | Engine Version |
| Windows | V6, V7,V8, V9, V10 | Engine 6.0, Engine 7.0, Engine 8.0, Engine 9.0, Engine 10 |
| Linux | V6, V8, V9 | Engine 6.0, Engine 8.0, Engine 9.0 |
| MacOS | V8 | Engine 8.0 |
| BSD | V8 | Engine 8.x |