I am looking for a reliable, easy to use, OCR software for my iMac. One possibility is Abbyy Fine Reader although it is on the expensive side. Any recommendations?
Having used "VueScan" for many years, it can be recommended without hesitation. Go to www.hamrick.com to get a copy. Once installed, and having done a "Preview" of your document, and have selected an area of focus, go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Copy OCR" (Cmd-T). If your document is in columns, or with bits of paragraphs here and there (as often seen in a newspaper) you will have to "frame"/select each one after the other. These can be pasted into the "Pages" app with ease for tailoring the layout. I guarantee that you will be pleased with this application.