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ABBYY Recognition Server 3.0 Data Sheet
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Import from network/FTP folders
ABBYY Recognition Server can automatically import images from the following network resources:
• network folder;
• FTP folder (e.g. if images are to be uploaded from remote locations);
• E-mail folder (e.g. if users send images for conversion by e-mail).
2. Recognition
OCR is done on a Processing Station automatically. It is possible to connect several computers to the Server Manager as
Processing Stations, and the Server Manager will balance the workload among these stations evenly. This will result in much
faster processing of documents.
The OCR and barcode recognition technologies implemented in Recognition Server deliver unprecedented accuracy and
support various types of text and the most popular 1D and 2D barcodes. The OCR process has extensive language support.
The supported languages include 198 languages with Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and other scripts, Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Vietnamese, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Thai. European languages written in Gothic fonts are also supported.
To preserve the original document layout, ABBYY Recognition Server uses Adaptive Document Recognition Technology
(ADRT). ADRT significantly improves document layout retention when saving documents to DOC and RTF formats. The logical
structure of an entire document is reproduced, including headers, footers, footnotes, page numbers, table of contents linked
to the document sections, and notes to pictures and diagrams.
3. Quality Control
Sometimes there is a need to process important documents which have to be recognized with exceptional accuracy. At the
same time, the quality of the scans may not be perfect, suffering from low resolution and unwanted noise. In this case it is
very important to have a reliable quality assurance mechanism.
Automatic quality control allows the administrator to set a threshold for recognition accuracy: documents with poor-quality
text will not be converted, but rather stored in a separate folder for special treatment.
4. Document Separation
For images scanned in a batch, ABBYY Recognition Server offers several built-in document separation options: by blank
sheets, barcode sheets, or barcodes stuck or printed on the first page of each document. Additional custom rules based on
the recognized text can be created using scripting.
5. Setting Document Type and Attributes
Document classification and indexing can be easily done with an intuitive Indexing Station that allows the operator to select a
document type from the predefined list and fill in document attributes. If the attribute values are contained in the document
itself, there is no need to type them in – the operator can simply outline the necessary section on the page, and the index
field will be populated with the text.
Document type detection and indexing can be automated with Java or VB scripts.
6. Publishing
ABBYY Recognition Server saves documents in a user-defined file format and delivers them to the network folder, e-mail
address, SharePoint document library or to any other destination defined in the export script.
The program supports flexible rules for naming and routing output files. For instance, a document type and attributes can be
used to name an output file or folder in the most convenient manner.
Recognition Server can convert images into various kinds of searchable or editable formats: PDF, PDF/A, RTF, TXT, DOC(X),
XLS(X), XML and into popular image formats: TIFF, multi-page TIFF and JPEG.
Within the PDF creation functionality, Recognition Server offers an extended set of options:
• document security;
• enhanced MRC compression for creating small files while preserving their visual quality;
• Web optimization;
• tagged PDF files;
• adding headers, footers and Bates stamps into documents;
• creation of PDF files compliant with PDF/A standard.
Administration
Recognition Server is administered via a convenient interface based on the Microsoft Management Console. It allows the
administrator to configure the system and monitor its activity: to set processing parameters, to manage licenses, stations,
user permissions, processing queues, and to view logs.
With the priority management and scheduling features, the administrator can control the order in which the documents are
processed and use the stations’ hardware resources efficiently by scheduling OCR for night hours or weekends.
Integration
ABBYY Recognition Server provides an application programming interface (API) for integration with other applications. The
API can be used to pass image files and processing parameters to Recognition Server, get notifications about job completion
and obtain converted files.
What's New
The new ABBYY Recognition Server 3.0 encompasses all the essential parts of the document capture process: scanning,
recognition, document separation, classification, indexing, and delivery. In addition, it provides instruments for tight
integration with popular Enterprise Search Systems.
New features of ABBYY Recognition Server include:
Scanning Station