Scan to Searchable PDF
Scan to Searchable PDF is a document scanning and OCR (optical character recognition) utility developed by ABBYY in partnership with ScanSnap. It captures paper documents via a ScanSnap scanner, applies OCR to make the scanned text searchable and selectable, and produces PDF files with embedded text layers. The app is typically used by home and office users who need to digitise physical documents, archiving receipts, contracts, old paper records and correspondence into searchable digital form.
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1 suggestionThe bundle ID indicates this is ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap, a specialized OCR tool designed to work with ScanSnap hardware. We found no public information about the current state of this product or whether a native Apple Silicon build exists. Since this is a relatively niche tool that integrates with specific ScanSnap scanner hardware, your best course of action is to contact ABBYY or ScanSnap support directly to ask whether a native Apple Silicon (Universal Binary) version has been released or is planned before macOS 28 removes Rosetta 2 support in September 2028. Check the ScanSnap driver download page as well — sometimes ScanSnap updates the bundled OCR software through their hardware driver installer. If ABBYY cannot confirm a native build plan in a reasonable timeframe, consider whether alternatives like Adobe Acrobat Pro's scanning and OCR features, or Prizmo (which has native Apple Silicon support), could replace this workflow.
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