ABBYY FineReader recognizes both mono- and multi-lingual (e.g. written in two languages) documents. For multi-lingual documents, you must select several recognition languages.
To specify an OCR language for your document, either in the Document Languages drop-down list on the main toolbar (or in the New Task window if you are using quick tasks), select one of the following:
In the Language Editor dialog box, select the Specify languages manually option and then select the desired language or languages by checking the appropriate boxes. If you often use a particular language combination, you can create a new group for these languages.
There are several reasons that a language may not be listed:
For details, see Supported Languages.