Hottiest software of 2016

 
ABYY FINEREADER 11:

In my volunteer capacity I have a constant need to do research that pertains to my community and alma mater high school. Preservation of photos and documents some of the more complex tasks that I occasionally come across. For instance my Alma Mater Proviso East have a room full of yearbooks dating all the way back to the 1920's. Due to the possibility that these year books might be the last that exist it is vital that they are copied electronically and hard copy. Copying a year book text on a scanner can be very difficult at times. The text and even the photo might not produce a clear copy. That is why I find the software Abyy FineReader 11 very interesting. There are cheaper versions of this type of software but Abyy FineReader is the best version on the market. The price is steep but if you have a need for serious and clear scanning this software is a possible must have.

• Cost - $169.00
• Can easily handle difficult & massive jobs like converting complex tables into usable spreadsheet. 
• FineReader has manual-correction tools for the most accurate possible output.
• Acrobat completely refuses to perform OCR on PDF files that have “mixed” content, meaning PDFs that combine the actual image with text inserted by software - i.e. the page address and other information inserted by a web browser when you save a web page to PDF. Files such as this , FineReader will produce OCR output and Acrobat won’t.

  Reviewed/Researched @ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403191,00.asp  

Company site -  https://www.abbyy.com/en-us/support/finereader-11/?expandedclosed

DOODLE: 

      So often a whole day can be spent attempting to schedule a meeting with multiple people. It is hard and difficult to get people to respond quickly and decisively. Doodle removes the delayed and staggering response of emails or text messages. 

• Cost - Free for basic and $39 per year for premium, business version varies
• you can set up a poll to find a date and time for an event or meeting. 
• the poll becomes be available online for colleagues or friends to visit and vote on
• the results are tallied and informs which date and time works best for everyone, or for the majority number of participants.
• To send a Doodle poll to your guests or attendees, you can invite them using this Web form, or copy and paste a link provided by Doodle.  Responders don't have to create an account with Doodle,

Doodle site - http://doodle.com/

Research/Review - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351490,00.asp


HOOTSUITE

     I have multiple social media accounts and have to maintain the content on them consistently. This can be quite time consuming and challenging for one person. I have a following of community leaders and alumni who depend on me to disseminate information to the entire community.  That is why I'm happy to have come across Hootsuite. By this software being a one stop shop it will aide me in merging all of my social media accounts at once. There are others out there such as Social Sprout $99 and Synthesio $1200.00 some are much more pricier.  There is a free version and a free 30-day trial for the Hootsuite Pro plan, but both pressure you with continual prompts to upgrade or pay for more points. The Pro plan is $9,99 per month, billed annually, and $14.99 month-to-month, for only one user and 10 social profiles. This tier is geared toward the small end of SMBs and individual entrepreneurs. The Team plan ($34.99 per month, billed annually, or $49.99 month-to-month) gives you five users and twenty social profiles plus customized analytics views, team functionality, bulk scheduling, social campaign templates, and more.

• Free- $9.99 per month/ billed annually- plus higher packages 
• Hootsuite is a known player in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) social media analytics tools space, and on both the social media management and social listening and influencer identification front.
• The analytics tool provides metrics, reports, and visual streams for multiple profiles of any of the leading social networks and online presences that a SMB need to track.
• One feature that is a bonus is the notification and alerts that Hootsuite gives you when important messages arrive on one of your social media accounts. 

Hootsuite link  -    http://signup.hootsuite.com/signup-upgrade/?utm_campaign=partner_commission_junction&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_medium=partner

Review/Research  - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2491294,00.asp

  Very grateful for researching these products and looking forward to integrating them all into my daily activities.