Question

Does FineReader PDF for iOS recognize historical Fraktur fonts, such as printed Gothic script? 

Answer

The application supports the online recognition of Old German and Latvian (Gothic).

To select Old German or Latvian (Gothic) as an OCR language in the app, please follow the steps below:

1. Press the Recognize button next to the document in the app.
2. Select the recognition mode Preserve text formatting.
3. Select the recognition language Old German or Latvian (Gothic) and tap < to go back:
   
   
   
4. Select the format of the resulting file.
5. Tap the Recognize button to recognize the​ document. 

Additional information

Recognition of Fraktur fonts is not compatible with the recognition of other languages. The current selection of the OCR languages will be cleared when setting Old German/Latvian (Gothic).

The information about the supported recognition languages in the FineReader PDF for iOS can be checked on the app's webpage.