The problem I faced, as others seem to have on this thread, is how to get the Mountain Lion compatible version of ABBYY. Pasted below is the email response I received last October with the FTP link. The problem was not with Epson (although I wish too that they had included the ML compatible software on the CD), but with ABBYY. I got this solution by interacting via email with ABBYY technical support staff. Frustrating to all of us that we have to go to this length to get software that works.
As to using the ABBYY software, it will not recognize a wireless-connected printer. My workflow, as described above, is to scan and PDF a document (I now use Vuescan for that rather than Preview, but either works just fine), then run through ABBYY for OCR. Gotta tell you that the OCR works perfectly! The ABBYY software is also capable of doing OCR in a variety of languages -- I do both English and Spanish, and it picks up all the special Spanish characters without any problems. Yes, I know that Vuescan can also do OCR, but ABBYY works far better.
So here is the post from ABBYY (I deleted contact info from the person who sent it to me since it had the usual "confidential, do not post" stuff):
Please do the following:
1. Remove ABBYY FineReader Express Edition.
2. Download the latest release of ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Sprint (compatible with OS X 10.8) from the following ftp-link: ftp://Sprint8Mac:Wnb87-=ep@ftp.abbyy.comWnb87-=ep@ftp.abbyy.com
To download please do as below:
- Go to ‘Go > Connect to Server…’ in Finder,
- Copy the link, paste it in and click OK.
- Finder will open a folder containing the distributive.
- Save the file to your hard drive.
3. Install the program from downloaded distributive.
Have a question? Try consulting the Knowledge Base on our website or send your question to our Technical support staff.
That's it -- good luck to all.
Steve