FineReader Engine 9 for Linux contains a code sample to use ABBYY OCR as an OCR Service on one machine. Learn more about the "OCR as a daemon" sample
FineReader Engine Linux comes with a source code sample to compile a CLI application. To be able to test this code sample interested customers have to sign a Trial License Agreement to test the SDK.
To make it easier to test ABBYY OCR under Linux, ABBYY bnow officially provides a easy to install CLI application. If users are satisfied with the ease of use and integration, they can purchase a license without purchasing the Engine.