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ABBYY Recognition Server 3.0 Data Sheet
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ABBYY Recognition Server connects as a background OCR server to enterprise systems such as Microsoft® Office
SharePoint® Server, Windows® Search and Google Search Appliance™, enhancing their capabilities to search over the
content of document images.
ABBYY award-winning technology inside
ABBYY Recognition Server includes the well-known ABBYY OCR engine that delivers unprecedented recognition accuracy for
any kind of documents. It supports Latin, Cyrillic, Asian and other writing systems, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Hebrew, Thai, and Vietnamese.
How It Works
Architecture
ABBYY Recognition Server consists of several components, which can be installed on the same or on different computers in a
LAN. The main components are:
• Server Manager – a central service component, which controls the document processing queue and distributes the
tasks among the stations
• Processing Station – a service that performs recognition and document conversion
• Scanning Station – a client station for batch scanning and image pre-processing
• Indexing Station – a client station for document classification and indexing
• Connector to Google Search Appliance™ (GSA) – a component that allows Google Search Appliance to use ABBYY
Recognition Server for extracting content from document images
• Connector to Microsoft® Search Systems (IFilter) – a component that allows Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and
Windows Search to use ABBYY Recognition Server for extracting content from document images
• Remote Administration Console – a client console used for configuring and monitoring Recognition Server
Workflow
The document conversion process in Recognition Server can be divided into six logical parts:
1. Scanning/Importing documents
Scanning Station
Scanning Station provides functionality for batch scanning and preparation of images for further processing:
• scanning via TWAIN, WIA and ISIS;
• quick image preview;
• image preprocessing (rotation, deskew, despeckle, etc.);
• document separation by barcodes / blank pages / fixed number of pages.