The abbyyocr utility supports the following keys:

• Input file keys

• Image processing

• Layout Analysis
  • Table Analysis

• Barcode Keys
  • Barcode Orientation
  • Barcode Type Enum
  • Barcode Types

• Recognition Keys

• Synthesis Keys

• Output Keys
  • PDF
  • RTF
  • HTML
  • TXT
  • XLS
  • DBF
  • XML
• Export Picture Format Enum

• Miscellaneous

• List of the predefined languages

The command line interface of the ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 EPS for Linux (ABBYYOCR) is represented by the abbyyocr executable.

abbyyocr [open image and analysis options] -if  
[export options] -of 

abbyyocr [options] -if file1 [options] -if file2... -of destination

abbyyocr [options] -if file -f format1 [options] -of file1 -f  
format2 [options] -of file2...

There are different samples of using the abbyyocr utility.

abbyyocr -ii -fm -if sample.jpg -tet UTF8 -of sample.txt

• The sample.jpg file will be recognised in fast mode (-fm).
• The colors of the prepared image will be inverted during conversion to the internal format (-ii).
• The results will be exported into text file of the Unicode UTF8 type (-tet UTF8).

abbyyocr -if sample1.jpg -rl English German -if sample2.jpg -f PDF 
 -of sample2.pdf

• The sample1.jpg and sample2.jpg files will be recognised and exported to a PDF file (-f PDF).
• The sample2.jpg will be recognised with the English and German predefined languages (-rl English German).

abbyyocr -if sample.jpg -f HTML -hkl -of sample.html -f RTF -rmp 
 -of sample.rtf 

• The sample.jpg file will be recognised and the results will be exported to HTML (-f HTML) and RTF formats (-f RTF).
• The original lines in the recognised text will be retained during export to HTML format (-hkl).
• The source page layout will not be retained when exporting recognised text to RTF format (-rmp).

abbyyocr -ipn 2 -adb -if sample.tif -f PDF -pem TextOnly -prl 
-of sample.pdf

• The third page of the sample.tif file will be recognised (-ipn 2).
• Barcodes will be detected and barcode blocks will be created during page layout analysis (-adb).
• The recognised text and hyperlinks will be exported to a PDF file (-f PDF) as text (-pem TextOnly -prl).