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Summary

Nicomsoft OCR by Nicomsoft

URLs: nicomsoft-ocr, nicomsoft ocr, nicomsoftocr, nicomsoft

High-quality optical character recognition. Nicomsoft OCR is an OCR software development kit. Developers can use it to embed high-quality optical character recognition functionality into their products. Recognition quality, agility, small size, ease of use and a royalty-free licensing policy are the main advantages of Nicomsoft OCR.

Nicomsoft OCR Features

Character analysis technology delivering reliable recognition of any font even in poor-quality images

Excellent analysis algorithms for poor quality text, distorted, connected and broken characters

Dictionaries are used for the best recognition

English, German, French, Spanish and Russian language support

ICR module for handwritten digits

Full support for multiple core CPUs speeding up analysis through efficient parallel processing of recognition

Support of multiple image formats: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF and many others

Simple API interface and sample projects for various programming languages: C#, C++, VB.NET, Delphi, C++ Builder, VB

A wide set of supported frameworks and technologies (.NET, WPF, WCF, ASP.NET, Silverlight.)

Both native x86 and x64 binaries are available included

Support for multipage image formats (TIFF, GIF)

Support for PDF files (GhostScript is used)

Load images from files, memory or pixel data

Invert/rotate/mirror entire images or some text block(s) before processing

Adaptive image binarization supports images with poor brightness or low contrast

Configure image binarization parameters for specific images

Page layout analysis algorithm (zoning)

Perform OCR step by step and get intermediate results

Use several CPU cores for even faster image binarization

Perform zonal OCR: select one or multiple areas for OCR

Specify different OCR options for different areas

Process multiple images at once by using multiple threads

What's new in Nicomsoft OCR V2.2?

Advanced lines/frames removal algorithm

Autoscaling algorithm

Portuguese and Italian language support

Significantly reduced uninitialization delay

Ability to use external DLL as a dictionary

Improved deskew algorithm

What's new in Nicomsoft OCR V2.1?

New deskew algorithm and "Img_GetSkewAngle" function.

Improved "Blk_Inversion" function: added the ability to detect block inversion.

Added block inversion detection during page layout analysis.

Improved error handling.

Updated sample projects.

Updated documentation.

High-quality optical character recognition.

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: ASP.NET WebForms, .NET WinForms, .NET Class, .NET WPF, Silverlight

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2010, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2010, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, .NET Framework 4.0, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0, Silverlight 5, Silverlight 4

Keywords: Nicomsoft OCR

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