Abbyy FineReader Applescript Dictionary

FineReader.txt

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# finereader	

  finereader n :

  get languages count v : Returns the number of recognition languages.
    get languages count
      → number :

  get language id from index v : Returns a language identifier that corresponds to the passed index number.
    get language id from index integer :
      → text :

  get language name from id v : Returns the full name of the language that corresponds to the passed identifier.
    get language name from id text :
      → text :

  has dictionary support from language with id v : Determines whether dictionaries are available for the language with the passed identifier.
    has dictionary support from language with id text :
      → boolean :

  get language id from language name v : Returns the identifier of the language that corresponds to the passed language name.
    get language id from language name text :
      → text :

  get ocr language group with key v : Returns the group of the language with the passed identifier.
    get ocr language group with key text :
      → text :

  preferences value type n

  get preferences v : Returns a list of values of FineReader's main settings.
    get preferences
      [use internal format boolean] :
      → preferences value type :

  ocr languages enum : Specifies recognition languages.
    Shona : Shona
    Vietnamese : Vietnamese
    Chukcha : Chukchee
    Kazakh : Kazakh
    Cobol : COBOL
    Basic : Basic
    Latin : Latin
    RussianOldSpelling : Russian (Old Spelling)
    Chuvash : Chuvash
    Albanian : Albanian
    Mansi : Mansi
    Ojibway : Ojibway
    Basque : Basque
    Nahuatl : Nahuatl
    Latvian : Latvian
    Swedish : Swedish
    Blackfoot : Blackfoot
    Mohawk : Mohawk
    Awar : Avar
    ChinesePRC : Chinese Simplified
    Faeroese : Faroese
    Polish : Polish
    Greek : Greek
    Tuvin : Tuvinian
    Buryat : Buryat
    Kasub : Kashubian
    ChineseTaiwan : Chinese Traditional
    Ingush : Ingush
    Nogay : Nogay
    Kirgiz : Kirghiz
    Mordvin : Mordvin
    SerbianCyrillic : Serbian (Cyrillic)
    Lezgin : Lezgi
    Miao : Miao
    Tswana : Tswana
    Ukrainian : Ukrainian
    Nivkh : Nivkh
    Finnish : Finnish
    Nenets : Nenets
    Kabardian : Kabardian
    Ossetic : Ossetian
    Malagasy : Malagasy
    SerbianLatin : Serbian (Latin)
    Bemba : Bemba
    Korean : Korean
    Papiamento : Papiamento
    Ganda : Ganda
    Luba : Luba
    Malay : Malay (Malaysian)
    Kumyk : Kumyk
    KoreanHangul : Korean (Hangul)
    Frisian : Frisian
    Hungarian : Hungarian
    English : English
    Kalmyk : Kalmyk
    Xhosa : Xhosa
    Malinke : Malinke
    Kurdish : Kurdish
    EskimoCyrillic : Eskimo (Cyrillic)
    Kikuyu : Kikuyu
    Koryak : Koryak
    Friulian : Friulian
    UighurCyrillic : Uighur (Cyrillic)
    Croatian : Croatian
    Aymara : Aymara
    Lak : Lak
    Esperanto : Esperanto
    Maltese : Maltese
    EskimoLatin : Eskimo (Latin)
    Altaic : Altai
    Wolof : Wolof
    Hawaiian : Hawaiian
    Crow : Crow
    Provencal : Occitan
    Agul : Agul
    Lappish : Sami (Lappish)
    Udmurt : Udmurt
    UighurLatin : Uighur (Latin)
    Gagauz : Gagauz
    Yakut : Yakut
    Sunda : Sunda
    Tabassaran : Tabasaran
    Samoan : Samoan
    Dungan : Dungan
    Galician : Galician
    Digits : Digits
    Tagalog : Tagalog
    C++ : C/C++
    Maori : Maori
    Lithuanian : Lithuanian
    Interlingua : Interlingua
    Romanian : Romanian
    Japanese : Japanese
    Swahili : Swahili
    Minankabaw : Minangkabau
    Pascal : Pascal
    Chechen : Chechen
    Dargwa : Dargwa
    Afrikaans : Afrikaans
    Turkish : Turkish
    Nyanja : Nyanja
    RomanianMoldavia : Moldavian
    Swazi : Swazi
    Maya : Maya
    Chemistry : Simple chemical formulas
    Corsican : Corsican
    Guarani : Guarani
    Hebrew : Hebrew
    Mongol : Mongol
    Romany : Romany
    Turkmen : Turkmen (Cyrillic)
    Macedonian : Macedonian
    Khakas : Khakass
    PortugueseBrazilian : Portuguese (Brazilian)
    Hausa : Hausa
    GaelicScottish : Scottish Gaelic
    Fijian : Fijian
    TurkmenLatin : Turkmen (Latin)
    Welsh : Welsh
    ArmenianEastern : Armenian (Eastern)
    German : German
    Khanty : Khanty
    PortugueseStandard : Portuguese
    Kongo : Kongo
    Ido : Ido
    Kpelle : Kpelle
    Norwegian : Norwegian
    ArmenianGrabar : Armenian (Grabar)
    GermanLuxembourg : German (Luxembourg)
    Ruanda : Rwanda
    Bugotu : Bugotu
    French : French
    Tajik : Tajik
    Sioux : Dakota
    Mari : Mari
    NorwegianBokmal : Norwegian (Bokmal)
    ArmenianWestern : Armenian (Western)
    GermanNewSpelling : German (New Spelling)
    Irish : Irish
    Bulgarian : Bulgarian
    Visayan : Cebuano
    Czech : Czech
    Slovak : Slovak
    Arabic : Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
    Hani : Hani
    Spanish : Spanish
    Tinpo : Jingpo
    NorwegianNynorsk : Norwegian (Nynorsk)
    Selkup : Selkup
    Tatar : Tatar
    KarachayBalkar : Karachay-balkar
    Slovenian : Slovenian
    Thai : Thai
    AzeriCyrillic : Azeri (Cyrillic)
    Kawa : Kawa
    Sotho : Sotho
    Karakalpak : Karakalpak
    Italian : Italian
    PidginEnglish : Tok Pisin
    Tongan : Tongan
    Breton : Breton
    Quechua : Quechua (Bolivia)
    AzeriLatin : Azeri (Latin)
    RhaetoRomanic : Rhaeto-Romanic
    Belarusian : Belarusian
    Catalan : Catalan
    UzbekCyrillic : Uzbek (Cyrillic)
    Zulu : Zulu
    Occidental : Occidental
    Chamorro : Chamorro
    Tahitian : Tahitian
    Danish : Danish
    Tun : Tun
    Icelandic : Icelandic
    Dutch : Dutch
    UzbekLatin : Uzbek (Latin)
    CrimeanTatar : Crimean Tatar
    Zapotec : Zapotec
    Java : Java
    Even : Even
    Fortran : Fortran
    DutchBelgian : Dutch (Belgian)
    Abkhaz : Abkhaz
    Somali : Somali
    Indonesian : Indonesian
    Rundi : Rundi
    Evenki : Evenki
    Sorbian : Sorbian
    Bashkir : Bashkir
    Yiddish : Yiddish
    Russian : Russian
    Adyghe : Adyghe
    Estonian : Estonian
    
  encoding enum enum : Character encoding.
    utf16 :
    utf8 :

  column separator enum : Specifies the type of column separator in the document.
    comma :
    tab :
    semicolon :

  image quality enum enum : Quality settings for exported images.
    low quality : low
    high quality : high
    balanced quality : balanced
 
  txt layout enum : Layout settings for ePub, FB2 and TXT documents.
    as formatted text : formatted text
    as plain text : plain text
    
  word layout enum : Layout settings for DOCX, RTF and ODT documents.
    as exact copy : exact copy
    as formatted text : formatted text
    as editable copy : editable copy
    as plain text : plain text

  pdf layout enum : Layout settings for PDF documents.
    text and pictures : text and pictures only
    page image only : page images only
    text over image : text over page images
    text under image : text under page images
  
  html contents enum enum : Settings for generating a table of contents when exporting to HTML.
    autocontext : automatically
    onlevel2 : based on level 2 headings
    onlevel1 : based on level 1 headings

  html layout enum enum : Layout settings for HTML documents.
    as formatted text : formatted text
    as plain text : plain text
    as flexible layout : flexible layout
 
  page size enum enum : List of paper size values.
    JIS B0 :
    ISO B4 :
    JIS B7 :
    A6 :
    A10 :
    US Letter :
    C4 :
    3R :
    12R :
    JIS B8 :
    JIS B1 :
    ISO B5 :
    A7 :
    4A0 :
    US Legal :
    4R :
    S8R :
    A0 :
    C5 :
    JIS B9 :
    JIS B2 :
    ISO B6 :
    A8 :
    2A0 :
    US Ledger :
    5R :
    S10R :
    automatic :
    A1 :
    C6 :
    JIS B10 :
    JIS B3 :
    A9 :
    ISO B7 :
    ISO B0 :
    US Executive :
    6R :
    S12R :
    A2 :
    JIS B4 :
    C7 :
    C0 :
    ISO B8 :
    ISO B1 :
    8R :
    A3 :
    C1 :
    JIS B5 :
    US Statement :
    C8 :
    ISO B9 :
    ISO B2 :
    10R :
    A4 :
    Business Card :
    C9 :
    C2 :
    ISO B3 :
    JIS B6 :
    ISO B10 :
    11R :
    A5 :
    Japanese E :
    C10 :
    C3 :

  save settings enum enum : Saving settings for recognized documents.
    empty pages split files : create a new file after every empty page
    single file : save all pages as a single file
    same files as source : create a separate file for each source file
    separate file for each page : save every page as a separate file

  format enum enum : Saving format for recognized documents.
    to pdf :
    to fb2 :
    to csv :
    to word :
    to plain text :
    to html :
    to epub :
    to powerpoint :
    to odt :
    to excel :
    to rtf :

  language list type n

  export to v : Converts the current document. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, files will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to file :
      [from file file] :
      parameters preferences value type :
      → file :

  export to csv v : Converts the current document to a CSV file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to csv file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [ignore content outside table boolean] : Saves tables only.
      [insert page break character as page separator boolean] : Keeps page breaks from the source document.
      [column separator column separator] : Specifies the symbol used to separate columns.
      [encoding encoding enum] : Specifies character encoding.
      → file :
  
  export to epub v : Converts the current document to an EPUB file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to epub file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [book title text] : Book title.
      [author text] : Names of authors.
      [retain layout txt layout] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [use first page as book cover boolean] : Uses the first page of the document as the book cover.
      [preserve fonts and font sizes boolean] : Keeps fonts and font sizes.
      [embed fonts boolean] : Embeds fonts from the document in the e-book.
      → file :

  export to xlsx v : Converts the current document to an XLSX file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to xlsx file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [ignore content outside table boolean] : Saves tables only.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [convert numerical values to numbers boolean] : Converts numeric values to numbers.
      → file :

  export to fb2 v : Converts the current document to an FB2 file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to fb2 file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [book title text] : Book title.
      [author text] : Names of authors.
      [retain layout txt layout] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [use first page as book cover boolean] : Uses the first page of the document as the book cover.
      → file :

  export to html v : Converts the current document to an HTML file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to html file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [retain layout html layout enum] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep line breaks and hyphenation boolean] : Keeps line breaks and hyphenation.
      [use css boolean] : Enables CSS in output documents.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [encoding encoding enum] : Specifies character encoding.
      [keep text and background colors boolean] : Keeps background and character colors.
      [generate table of contents boolean] : Generates a table of contents based on headings in the document and creates links to the headings.
      [split by headings html contents enum] : Splits the document into separate HTML files.
      [add navigation links boolean] : Adds navigation links.
      → file :

  export to odt v : Converts the current document to an ODT file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to odt file :
    [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [retain layout word layout] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep line breaks and hyphenation boolean] : Keeps line breaks and hyphenation.
      [keep page breaks boolean] : Keeps page breaks.
      [page size page size enum] : Specifies paper size.
      [increase paper size to fit content boolean] : Automatically increases paper size to fit document content.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [keep text and background colors boolean] : Keeps background and character colors.
      [highlight uncertain characters boolean] : Highlights uncertain characters.
      [keep line numbers boolean] : Keeps line numbering.
      → file :

  export to pdf v : Converts the current document to a PDF file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to pdf file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [export mode pdf layout] : Specifies export mode.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [page size page size enum] : Specifies paper size.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [keep text and background colors boolean] : Keeps background and character colors.
      [use mrc boolean] : Compresses the output file significantly while retaining high quality of text and images.
      [make pdfa boolean] : Creates a searchable PDF document that is well suited for archiving.
      [create outline boolean] : Creates a table of contents in a PDF file based on headings.
      [enable pdf tagging boolean] : Enables PDF tags.
      [embed fonts boolean] : Embeds fonts from the document in the e-book.
      → file :

  export to txt v : Converts the current document to a TXT file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to txt file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [retain layout txt layout] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep line breaks and hyphenation boolean] : Keeps line breaks and hyphenation.
      [insert page break character as page separator boolean] : Keeps page breaks from the source document.
      [use blank lines boolean] : Separates paragraphs with blank lines.
      [encoding encoding enum] : Specifies character encoding.
      → file :

  export to pptx v : Converts the current document to a PPTX file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to pptx file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep line breaks and hyphenation boolean] : Keeps line breaks and hyphenation.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [wrap text boolean] : Wraps text to text blocks.
      → file :

  export to rtf v : Converts the current document to an RTF file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to rtf file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [retain layout word layout] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep line breaks and hyphenation boolean] : Keeps line breaks and hyphenation.
      [keep page breaks boolean] : Keeps page breaks.
      [page size page size enum] : Specifies paper size.
      [increase paper size to fit content boolean] : Automatically increases paper size to fit document content.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [keep text and background colors boolean] : Keeps background and character colors.
      [highlight uncertain characters boolean] : Highlights uncertain characters.
      [keep line numbers boolean] : Keeps line numbering.
      → file :

  export to docx v : Converts the current document to a DOCX file. If FineReader is running in a Sandbox, the file will be saved to a temporary directory.
    export to docx file :
      [from file file] :
      [ocr languages enum language list type] : List of recognition languages that includes language identifiers and full language names.
      [saving type save settings enum] : Specifies file creation settings for saving results.
      [retain layout word layout] : Specifies layout mode for documents.
      [keep page numbers headers and footers boolean] : Keeps headers, footers and page numbers.
      [keep line breaks and hyphenation boolean] : Keeps line breaks and hyphenation.
      [keep page breaks boolean] : Keeps page breaks.
      [page size page size enum] : Specifies paper size.
      [increase paper size to fit content boolean] : Automatically increases paper size to fit document content.
      [keep pictures boolean] : Keeps pictures in recognized document.
      [image quality image quality enum] : Specifies quality of pictures in output file.
      [keep text and background colors boolean] : Keeps background and character colors.
      [highlight uncertain characters boolean] : Highlights uncertain characters.
      [keep line numbers boolean] : Keeps line numbering.
      → file :

  has document v : Determines whether a document is open in FineReader.
    has document
      → boolean :
  
  is busy v : Determines whether FineReader is currently processing a document. FineReader will not accept any commands while the current document is being processed.
    is busy
      → boolean :
  
  is finereader controller active v : Returns Yes if FineReader is running and ready.
    is finereader controller active
      → boolean :
  
  is sandboxed v : Returns YES if FineReader is running in a Sandbox.
    is sandboxed
      → boolean :
  
  get output dir v : Returns the path to the temporary directory with output files if FineReader is running in a Sandbox.
    get output dir
      → file :
  
  create new document v : Creates a new FineReader document. If a document is already open, FineReader will attempt to close it.
    create new document
  
  close document v : Closes the current document.
    close document
  
  get document progress v : Determines the completion percentage of the current process if FineReader is busy.
    get document progress
      → integer :
  
  auto read new pages v : Enables/disables automatic processing of new pages
    auto read new pages boolean :
      → boolean :
  
# Standard Suite - Common classes and commands for all applications. 
  
  quit v : Quit the application.
    quit

  application n : The application's top-level scripting object.
    properties
      name (text, r/o) : The name of the application.
      frontmost (boolean, r/o) : Is this the active application?
      version (text, r/o) : The version number of the application.
    responds to
      quit.