FineReader Engine 11 Windows, Linux and OS X

Overview New Features

Windows Linux Mac

New Usage Scenarios
Automatic document classification New New New
Business card recognition New New New
OCR/ICR Improvements
Arabic OCR Improved New New
CJK OCR Improved Improved New
New languages for OCR and ICR 2 new OCR 2 27
5 new ICR new OCR new OCR
New text type: Receipt New New New
New mode for low resolution scans + New New
MaxiCode barcode support New New New
USPS 4CB barcode type New New New
New Image Preprocessing Tools
Camera OCR Improved Improved New
Auto-cropping and auto splitting of dual-pages New New New
Remove noise & improve local contrast New New New
New, enhanced binarisation + New New
Color stamps and marks filtering + New New
Shortened Development
Predefined processing profiles + + New
Native 64-bit support New New New
Java Wrapper New New –
Scanning API + – –
Scanning API improvements New – –
Opening images from memory New New* New*
Built-in multi CPU-Core recognition + New –
Batch Processor + New –
Improved font management API for document synthesis New New New
Adaptive Document Recognition Technology, incl. API + + New
RPM software package N/A New N/A
PDF Export Improvements
Faster PDF Export New New New
PDF export profiles + New New
Improved PDF MRC (visual quality, smaller files) New New New
Colour stamps and written notes separation in PDF MRC New New New
Export to PDF/A-2 New New New
Export to PDF/A-3 New New New
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PDF Export Improvements - cont.
Keeping existing bookmarks in PDF New New –
PDF text layer detection and skip OCR for PDF re-export New New –
Other Export Improvements
Recreation of the logical structure of a document is an option
New New New
during export to RTF, DOCX, and HTML formats.
New color settings for embedded pictures in
New New New
RTF, DOCX, PPTX, HTML, EPUB, and FB2 formats.
Direct export to memory New New* New*
Export to XPS New – –
New export formats: DocX, XLSX, PPTX, ALTO XML, ePub, FB2, ODT, vCard Improved New New
Extended ABBYY XML (paragraph styles and types) New New New
Excel format retention improvements New New New
Further Technology Improvements
Added Japanese message language New New New
Ability to specify resolution for rasterisation during PDF opening New New –
Ability to open the PDF, DjVu, WIC and WDP files from memory New PDF only* –
One method for removing all blocks from layout New New New
Training image can be loaded directly from an image document New New New
Ability to cancel processing operation and re-start page processing
New New –
with the Batch Processor
FineReader Engine collections can be iterated using the
New –- –
foreach statement in .NET
New and Updated Code Samples:
Classification, Business Card Recognition, Camera OCR, Convert a New BCR only BCR only
batch of documents, Scalability, Scanning
Improved Developer’s Documentation + New New
Licensing
Network licensing + New –
Redundant Network License Manager for higher fault-tolerance New New –
Other Features
Visual Components +
– –
since V9
ICR (Handprint recognition) + – –
OMR (Checkmark recognition) + – –

* Indicates functionality not available immediately, but planned for release in a maintenance release of FineReader Engine 11, day may vary on the operating system.
+ already available in a previous version
– feature currently not available/ planned

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