User manual ABBYY SOFTWARE FLEXICAPTURE ENGINE 8.0 BROCHURE

[. . . ] With FlexiCapture Engine you can easily add value to applications while simultaneously reducing development costs. Key Functionality · Integration of intelligent data capture to process forms and questionnaires · Document classification and automated document separation · Powerful data extraction for semi- and unstructured documents · Verification and monitoring methods for optimised data output · High quality recognition technologies for OCR, ICR, OMR, 1D and 2D Barcodes · Language support for 190 OCR and 114 ICR languages · Automated data export to backend applications · PDF- & PDF/A document export for archiving Extend Existing Applications or Build Automated Data Capture Solutions FlexiCapture Engine 8. 0 delivers a full-range of state-of-the-art technologies for data extraction, document classifying and indexing. Developers benefit from a single approach in developing, maintenance, and training for the SDK. Additionally, ready-to-use components for data export into backend systems and archiving can easily be integrated into one single application. Intelligent Document Processing Automated data extraction from fixed forms, processing of semi- and unstructured documents and document classification in one SDK. Ready for International Business and Documents Language support for the development of world-wide localised applications. Advanced Processing of Multi-Page Documents Unique technology to easily process documents with multiple pages and tables stretching over more than one page. Cost Savings Reduce costs of data extraction by deploying automated data capture capabilities. Efficient Development Set of standard components enables fast integration, thus shortening development cycles. Reliable Platform for Processing Powerful SDK compliant to industry data capture standards for data processing in enterprise projects. Benefits for Developers · Enhance your applications with data capture components · Unique and powerful feature set and API for data extraction · Ready-to-use SDK components to speed up development processes · Full control over document processing, extracted data and document routing · Compatibility to FineReader Engine 8. 1 API, which can be licensed within FlexiCapture Engine for integration of document conversion High Quality Data Output Highly accurate recognition technolgies combined with rule-based automated verification methods ensure optimised and validated data output. Automated Data Extraction into Backend Applications Export of data into any backend applications via standard interfaces can be built using FlexiCapture Engine. Tight Integration with Applications FlexiCapture Engine enables developers to ensure that data capture technologies are perfectly integrated into their custom applications. Development Overview Integration, Document Descriptions Development and Processing Integration of Data Capture functionality with FlexiCapture Engine 8. 0 in enterprise projects is a 2-tier process. [. . . ] 2) Define the elements that are used to match the document: anchors, static texts and separators. 3) Define the different recognition areas in a graphical editor where, e. g. text blocks, tables, checkmarks, checkmark groups, barcodes and pictures are located. 4) Set up the recognition properties, for each areas, e. g OCR, ICR and attach Data type definitions, dictionaries and verification rules. Development of Multipage FlexiLayout Templates with FlexiLayout Studio 1) Load a selection of documents with different layouts. 2) Define some generic elements that allow to identify documents and that can be used for orientation within one document, e. g. Text strings, lines, spaces between elements. 3) Define search elements for the data you are looking for e. g. text, numbers, date, tables, the length of the sting, the set of characters, one or multiple words, one or multiple lines. Additionally these elements are set into a relation with other areas set up in 2), for example right or below. Functionality Overview ABBYY FlexiCapture Technology for Data Capture Unique Set of OCR, ICR, OMR and Barcode Recognition Technologies FlexiCapture Engine's core recognition technologies process more than 180 languages in OCR and over 110 languages in ICR as well as checkmarks and barcodes (OMR). Data Control and Verification FlexiCapture Engine 8. 0 offers effective and convenient instruments for checking the validity of captured data and tracking recognition errors: · Recognised data can automatically be checked if needed. This covers simple range checking, comparison with a known value (e. g. supplied as a regular expression or taken from a database), and comparison of data items within one document. Finally, scripts can be used to create very sophisticated checking rules. · The verification API of FlexiCapture Engine 8. 0 allows development of custom interfaces for field and group verification. Developers can give the operators an extremely effective user interface that allows reviewing similar looking symbols all together. This feature speeds up manual verification and reduces the number of humanrelated errors. Processing Different Document Types in One Stream FlexiCapture Engine 8. 0 has ready-to-use components which enable developers to integrate automatic extraction of valuable data from the stream of forms and documents. Automatic document type recognition allows processing of different documents (structured, semi-structured, unstructured) via Fixed Forms and FlexiLayouts. Document Separation Simple and advanced document separation is built into FlexiCapture Engine 8. 0. Simple separation is managed via blank pages and barcodes, advanced document separation via intelligent document definitions. Even template matching can be performed without any manual labor. Document Classification Once a document matched a Fixed Form or a FlexiLayout a document type (e. g. [. . . ] Abbey House, Grenville Place, Bracknell RG12 1BP, United Kingdom Tel: 0800 028 4515 Fax: 0800 028 4526 sales_UK@abbyy. com www. abbyy. co. uk ABBYY Europe GmbH Elsenheimerstr. 49 80687 Munich, Germany Tel: +49 89 51 11 59 - 0 Fax: +49 89 51 11 59 - 59 sales_eu@abbyy. com www. ABBYY. com © 2009 ABBYY, the ABBYY logo, FlexiCapture, FlexiLayout are registered trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd. Opening and processing PDF files: © 1987-2003 Adobe Systems Incorporated. [. . . ]