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Use the OCR activity to specify general pre-recognition options and carry out full-text recognition. Other activities and skills can reuse its recognition results for faster processing.

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How recognition results are reused

Subsequent activities or skills reuse the recognition results from the OCR activity when all of the following conditions are met:
  • The languages in the subsequent activity or skill match or include the languages of the OCR activity.
  • The text type settings in the subsequent activity or skill match those of the OCR activity. Text type settings include the Printed and Handwritten recognition options.
  • The barcode types in the subsequent activity or skill match or include the barcode types of the OCR activity. If no barcode types are enabled in subsequent activities, Vantage ignores the barcode type settings in the OCR activity.
If any of these conditions are not met, Vantage recognizes the document text. The PDF Processing Mode set in the OCR activity also applies when subsequent activities reuse the recognition results, keeping processing consistent across the workflow.

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Set up the OCR activity

1

Add the OCR activity

Add an OCR activity block to your workflow, and then click the block to select it.
2

Name the activity

In the Actions pane, enter a name for your activity (if required).
3

Open OCR Settings

In the Actions pane, click OCR Settings. The OCR Settings dialog box opens.
4

Configure PDF Processing Mode

On the General tab, under Image Processing, select a PDF Processing Mode to control how Vantage processes PDF documents in this activity:For more information, see PDF Processing Mode.
5

Select recognition languages

On the Languages tab:
  • In the Allowed Languages section, select one or more document recognition languages. During processing, Vantage automatically chooses the document language from the selected languages. The number of selected languages can affect recognition speed and quality.
  • If the document contains handwritten text, enable the Handwritten option in the Text Appearance section. For more information, see Supported Recognition Languages.
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Enable barcode recognition

On the Barcodes tab, enable the barcode types that may appear on your documents. The number of selected barcode types can affect recognition speed.If you don’t need to recognize any barcodes, click the button in the Barcode Types table header that shows the number of selected options. Then click Deselect all.
To speed up recognition, select only the languages and barcode types your documents require.
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Save

Click Save.