Modules

Standard Languages

Natural

This module provides access to all languages supported by ABBYY FineReader Engine except the ones defined in special groups (see below).

Natural for Data Capture

Note: This module is not available in ABBYY FineReader Engine for Linux and macOS.

This module provides access to the recognition languages for special language units.

Artificial

This module provides access to the Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua, Occidental recognition languages.

Programming

This module provides access to the following recognition languages: Basic, C++, COBOL, Fortran, Java, Mathematical, Pascal, Chemistry.

E13B

This module provides access to E13B language and MICR text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_MICR_E13B).

CMC7

This module provides access to CMC7 language and MICR text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_MICR_CMC7).

OCR A

This module provides access to OCR-A language and text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_OCR_A).

OCR B

This module provides access to OCR-B language and text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_OCR_B).

Additional Languages

Arabic

This module provides access to the Arabic recognition language.

Farsi

This module provides access to the Farsi recognition language.

Burmese

This module provides access to the Burmese recognition language.

Chinese

This module provides access to the Chinese (PRC), Chinese (Taiwan) recognition languages.

Japanese

This module provides access to the Japanese and Japanese (Modern) recognition languages.

Korean

This module provides access to the Korean and Korean (Hangul) recognition languages.

FineReader XIX

This module provides access to Gothic text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_Gothic), Latvian language written in Gothic script, Old Slavonic and Old European languages: Old English, Old French, Old German, Old Italian, and Old Spanish.

Thai

This module provides access to the Thai recognition language.

Vietnamese

This module provides access to the Vietnamese recognition language.

Hebrew

This module provides access to the Hebrew and Yiddish recognition languages.

User (Custom) OCR Languages

This module provides access to creating, editing, and using user languages (IEngine::CreateLanguageDatabase method can be used). If this module is not available, the only way to set the recognition language is to use the IRecognizerParams::SetPredefinedTextLanguage method.

OCR fonts

Matrix

This module provides access to Matrix text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_Matrix)

Normal

This module provides access to Normal text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_Normal)

Advanced

This module provides access to Normal text type with low resolution (IRecognizerParams::LowResolutionMode)

Typewriter

This module provides access to Typewriter text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_Typewriter)

Receipt

This module provides access to the Receipt text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_Receipt).

User Patterns

This module allows you to perform recognition with user patterns and train user patterns using the IEngine::TrainUserPattern method.

For patterns training and editing via the GUI elements to be available, you must have a Windows license that supports the User Patterns Training module.

Data Capture (ICR/OMR)

ICR

This module is not currently used. Handwritten and handprinted text recognition is included in the basic license.

Cyrillic ICR

This module is not currently used. Cyrillic handprinted text recognition is included in the basic license.

Index

This module provides access to Index text type (TextTypeEnum::TT_Index)

OMR

This module allows you to recognize checkmarks.

Barcodes

Barcode Autolocation

This module provides access to barcode autolocation (the IPageAnalysisParams::DetectBarcodes property can be set to TRUE; the IFRPage::ExtractBarcodes method can be used).

1D Barcodes

This module provides access to recognition of 1D barcodes.

2D Barcodes

Aztec

This module provides access to recognition of 2D barcodes of type Aztec.

DataMatrix

This module provides access to recognition of 2D barcodes of type Data Matrix.

PDF417

This module provides access to recognition of 2D barcodes of type PDF 417.

QR Code

This module provides access to recognition of 2D barcodes of type QR Code.

MaxiCode

This module provides access to recognition of 2D barcodes of type MaxiCode.

PDF Support

PDF Opening

This module allows you to process PDF files.

PDF Export

Modes

ImageOnly

This mode allows you to export to PDF Image Only format. Recognition is not required, it is enough to open an image and then export it to PDF Image Only setting IPDFExportParams::TextExportMode to PEM_ImageOnly and using FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_PDF to select the export format. If PDF/A module is available, then this mode also allows you to export to PDF/A Image Only.

All

This mode allows you to export to PDF file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_PDF), including PDF Image Only. If PDF/A module is available, then this mode also allows you to export to PDF/A in all modes.

PDF/A

This module allows you to export to PDF/A file format (PDFAComplianceModeEnum for supported modes). Availability of export modes depends on the value of the Modes parameter.

MRC

This module provides access to the following functionality:

• tuning Mixed Raster Content parameters during export to PDF (PDFExportParams::MRCMode)
• tuning Mixed Raster Content parameters during export to PDF/A, if PDF/A module is available (PDFExportParams::MRCMode)
• scenarios of PDF export which use MRC: balanced (PDFExportScenarioEnum::PES_Balanced) and minimum size (PDFExportScenarioEnum::PES_MinSize)

Export

MS Office

RTF, DOCX

This module allows you to export to RTF, DOCX file formats (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_RTF, FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_DOCX).

XLS, XLSX

This module allows you to export to XLS, XLSX file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_XLS, FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_XLSX).

PPTX

This module allows you to export to PPTX file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_PPTX.

XPS

This module allows you to export to XPS file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_XPS).

HTML

This module allows you to export to HTML file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_HTMLUnicodeDefaults, FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_HTMLVersion10Defaults).

Text

This module allows you to export to TXT and CSV file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_TextUnicodeDefaults, FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_TextVersion10Defaults).

ABBYY XML

This module allows you to export to XML file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_XML).

Open Office Document (ODT)

This module allows you to export to ODT file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_ODT).

FB2

This module allows you to export to FB2 file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_FB2).

EPUB

This module allows you to export to EPUB file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_EPUB).

ALTO

This module allows you to export to ALTO file format (FileExportFormatEnum::FEF_ALTO).

Extended Character Info

This module provides access to the following properties and methods:

• the BaseLine, Color, FontName, FontSize, FontType, HorizontalScale, IsBold, IsItalic, IsSmallCaps, IsStrikeout, IsSubscript, IsSuperscript, IsUnderlined, Spacing, CharacterRecognitionVariants, WordRecognitionVariants, CharacterRegion properties of the CharParams object;
• the SaveCharacterRecognitionVariants, SaveWordRecognitionVariants, SaveCharacterRegions properties of the RecognizerParams object;
• the GetWordRecognitionVariants method of the Paragraph object;
• the BaseLine property of the ParagraphLine object;
• the MeanStrokeWidth property of the WordRecognitionVariant object;
• the SerifProbability properties of the CharacterRecognitionVariant object;
• the WriteWordRecognitionVariants and WriteCharacterRecognitionVariants properties of the XMLExportParams object.

Additional Import Formats (Linux and Windows)

Office Formats Opening

This module allows you to open digital documents with the same methods that open input images.

Processing

Processing as Plain Text

This module provides access to the PlainText object. The IEngine::RecognizeImageFile method can also be used for recognition.

This module also allows you to save recognition results to XML and TXT file formats.

Analysis

This module provides access to the IPageProcessingParams::PerformAnalysis property. If this module is not available in the license, this property is always FALSE and automatic document analysis cannot be performed.

This module allows you to use methods which perform document analysis, e.g., IFRDocument::Analyze, IFRDocument::AnalyzePages, IFRPage::Analyze, IFRPage::AnalyzeRegion, IFRPage::AnalyzeTable.

Recognition

This module provides access to the IPageProcessingParams::PerformRecognition property. If this module is not available in the license, this property is always FALSE and recognition cannot be performed.

This module allows you to use the methods which perform recognition, e.g., IFRDocument::Recognize, IFRDocument::RecognizePages, IFRPage::Recognize, IFRPage::RecognizeBlocks.

Synthesis

This module provides access to the ISynthesisParamsForDocument::DetectFontFormatting property. If this module is not available in the license, this property is always FALSE.

Processing

This module provides access to the universal methods which perform several processing steps in one call:

• IFRDocument::Process, IFRDocument::ProcessPages
• IFRPage::PreprocessAnalyzeRecognize
• IBatchProcessor::Start, IBatchProcessor::ProcessPageAsync
• IEngine::RecognizeImageFile

Balanced Mode

These modules are deprecated and will be deleted in future versions. You may now set the recognition mode with the IRecognizerParams::Mode property, whose modes are always available for use.

Fast Mode

Camera OCR

This module provides access to the Blurred images correction (IImageDocument::RemoveMotionBlur).

Color Filtering

This module provides access to image color filtering (IImageDocument::RemoveColorObjects).

Business Card Recognition

This module provides access to the ISynthesisParamsForPage::SynthesizeBusinessCards property.

Document Classification

This module provides access to the classification functionality.

MRZCapture

This module provides access to the IFRPage::ExtractMrz method.

Compare Documents

This module provides access to the IEngine::CreateComparator method.

Visual Components

Image Viewing and Blocks Drawing

This module provides access to the ImageViewer and ZoomViewer Visual Components.

Document Batch Managing

This module provides access to the DocumentViewer Visual Component.

Text Viewing and Editing

This module provides access to the TextEditor Visual Component.

Full-Text Verification

This module provides access to the TextValidator Visual Component.

Scanning

This module provides access to the scanning interfaces of ABBYY FineReader Engine.

User Patterns Training

This module allows you to train user patterns and edit them via the GUI elements provided by ABBYY FineReader Engine (IEngine::EditUserPattern method and User Pattern dialog box, IRecognizerParams::TrainUserPatterns property set to TRUE and Pattern Training dialog box).