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FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 20 2008 - ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced that it will donate 200 copies of its Lingvo electronic dictionary product to the Chernobyl Children Project, USA, the largest organization in the United States that provides medical treatment and respite care for children from the Chernobyl-affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

A non-profit organization based in Boston, Chernobyl Children Project, USA arranges medical care in the U.S. for children suffering from a wide variety of ailments, placing them with volunteer host families during their stay. The project has provided care for more than 1,500 children, as well as equipment, supplies and training to medical institutions and personnel in the region totaling over $5 million.

FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 10 2008 ­ ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced that Craig Laue, eastern regional manager at ABBYY, and customer Brent Nyznyk, CTO at FNF Canada, will discuss the benefits and savings realized by FNF Canada upon its integration of ABBYY¹s FlexiCapture technology into their existing document managing system at the upcoming TAWPI Capture 2008:

Moscow, Russia (October 29, 2008) – ABBYY Russia, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture, and linguistic software, and Avision Inc., a leading supplier in the scanner industry, have announced the launch of a new solution—integration of ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition OCR and document conversion application, which has added support for both traditional and simplified Chinese, with Avision scanners.

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 28, 2008 ­ ABBYY, a leading provider of recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, today announced that Metsker Heights Alternative School, a high school program serving juvenile offenders, has selected ABBYY¹s FineReader Professional optical character recognition (OCR) solution to automate text capture and facilitate learning.

Moscow, Russia (October 28, 2008) – ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced the worldwide availability of ABBYY Screenshot Reader, a smart and simple software tool for capturing images and texts from any part of the PC screen. ABBYY Screenshot Reader combines convenient functionality of taking screenshots with the benefits of ‘instant OCR” (optical character recognition), an intelligent technology which accurately converts printed text on images into editable text files.

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 21, 2008 ­ ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced its FineReader® Engine® 9.0 for Windows®, the newest software development kit

(SDK) to integrate ABBYY¹s multilingual and multiplatform recognition technologies. Available today, FineReader Engine 9.0 offers breakthrough technology to deliver new levels of recognition accuracy and performance, particularly in processing multipage documents. An enhanced core technology platform combined with additional improvements such as significantly increased scalability, new technology for Asian language recognition and ready-made interface tools make FineReader 9.0 Engine a definitive solution for integrating highly accurate, scalable and efficient recognition technologies.

Moscow, Russia (October 20, 2008) — ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced a special release of its FineReader 9.0 Corporate Edition for the Thai market. ABBYY FineReader 9.0 is an award-winning optical character recognition (OCR) and PDF conversion application that allows users to readily transform document images and PDF files into editable and searchable electronic formats. This version delivers multilingual OCR capabilities including powerful Thai OCR and provides the Thai user interface language.

Munich, Germany (October 1, 2008) — ABBYY Europe, a leading provider of document recognition and linguistic technologies, today announced a significant expansion of its linguistic products business and its ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software product line. ABBYY Lingvo x3 is a new generation of electronic dictionaries which combines reliable content, powerful word look-up and intuitive software in a single product. Leveraging extensive expertise in linguistic technology and dictionary interface design, ABBYY delivers a product which is easily accessible and truly convenient.

“Modern media and the Internet are connecting people at a global level, increasing the speed of communications and the need for efficient translation tools,” explained Jupp Stoepetie, CEO of ABBYY Europe. “ABBYY Lingvo is designed for the modern student, business person, or traveler who needs easy and fast access to quality word translations. It delivers a wealth of respected dictionary titles via powerful software for productive language learning and work.”

Munich, Germany (September 24, 2008) — ABBYY Europe GmbH, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today introduced ABBYY FotoReader, a new product which promises to expand the ways people can use their digital cameras, allowing them to do more than just take photos.

Available immediately, ABBYY FotoReader is the first standalone text conversion software product targeted specifically at the broad consumer market of digital camera users. Instead of taking notes or retyping texts, people can simply use FotoReader to turn photographed text into a computer file to store or edit on the PC.  A user simply takes a photo of a document, sign, or other printed text, and connects the camera to a computer.  FotoReader converts ‘the image of text’ in the photo into Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PDF and other file formats. ABBYY FotoReader can process texts in 184 languages including Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew and Cyrillic languages.  It will also read text written in multiple languages and reproduce special text formatting such as columns and tables.

FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 16, 2008 ­ ABBYY, a leading provider of recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, today announced that it has formed a partnership with Pixily, an innovative company that provides a simple, intuitive one-of-a-kind service that helps people aggregate, organize and find their documents. Pixily gives small business and consumer customers anywhere, anytime access to their paper documents, and uses the ABBYY FineReader Engine to render these documents fully searchable.