How to OCR in Intella Investigator/Connect

How do I OCR with Intella Investigator or Intella Connect?


OCR—Optical Character Recognition


  • Tag the items you want to OCR - how to perform tagging

  • Click on the wheel on the right side of your Intella Investigator/Connect 

  • It will open your Preferences window

  • Go to Background Tasks

  • Click on Add New

  • Select Abby FineReaded (embedded)

  • Select the tag used in the second step

  • Change the settings to your liking

  • Click Add

  • Your result should look like this


Supported formats:


  • PDF

  • MS Office document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, both old and new)

  • OpenDocument document (Text, Spreadsheet, Presentation)

  • XPS

  • BMP

  • DjVu

  • GIF

  • HEIC/HEIF

  • JBIG2

  • JPEG

  • JPEG-2000 (JP2)

  • PCX / DCX (DCX has not been tested)

  • PNG

  • TIFF