FlexiCapture Engine Comparison V10 to V12
- Language:
- EN
- Product-Line:
- FlexiCapture Engine
- Version:
- 10, 11, 12
- Type:
- Comparisons
- Category:
- General Features
Below a comparison of the four different version of ABBYY's Data Capture SDK.
The latest Release is FlexiCapture Engine 12.
Usage Scenarios
| FlexiCapture Engine 10 | FlexiCapture Engine 11 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R1 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Areas | Intelligent Data Capture, data extraction of specific fields of interest | |||
| Document Types | Structured Documents e.g. fixed forms, multiple-choice tests, questionnaires; Semi-structured Documents e.g. invoices, shipping documents, passports; Unstructured documents e.g. letters, contracts; New, additional classification technology using image and content classification | V11 Technology compatibility | Structured Documents e.g. fixed forms, multiple-choice tests, questionnaires; Semi-structured Documents e.g. invoices, shipping documents, passports; Unstructured documents e.g. letters, contracts; New, additional classification technology using image and content classification | Structured Documents e.g. fixed forms, multiple-choice tests, questionnaires; Semi-structured Documents e.g. shipping documents, passports; |
| Mobile Data Capture | enhancements, in pre-recognition and classification | core V11 OCR technology enhancements | Yes | No |
Core Recognition
| FlexiCapture Engine 10 | FlexiCapture Engine 11 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R1 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved V10 Binarisation | Yes - read more... | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Pre-Processing (Noise removal, deskew, despeckle, etc.) | Yes - improved | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Colour Mask, Marks Stamp Filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OCR in 190+ Languages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, 207 languages |
| Chinese, Japanese, Korean OCR | available as Add-on | available as Add-on | ||
| ICR in 114 Languages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, 126 languages |
| Barcode Recognition | QR Code support added | Yes | Yes | Yes, New MaxiCode |
FlexiLayout Technology
| FlexiCapture Engine 10 | FlexiCapture Engine 11 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R1 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rule-based Classifier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic Document Classification | New: uses image-based and content-based classifiers in FlexiLayout Studio | New: Image and statistical content classification without FlexiLayouts, via FineReader Engine API | Yes | No |
| Alternative FlexiLayouts | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| New Search Elements and Blocks | Labeled Field” and the usage of content types like number, currency or phone | |||
Verification & Visual Components
| FlexiCapture Engine 10 | FlexiCapture Engine 11 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R1 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verification API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OCR Recognition Variants for Word/Characters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visual Components | Yes, Details... | Yes | Yes | No |
| Available Visual Components | Source Code Samples for Batch View, Document View, Context Verification of Data, Group Verification of Characters | Yes | Yes | No |
| Source Code Sample for Point & Click Document definitions training | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Developer Features
| FlexiCapture Engine 10 | FlexiCapture Engine 11 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R1 | FlexiCapture Engine 12 R2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-bit Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 64-bit Support | No | No | No | Yes |
| .NetSupport | Enhanced .Net compatibility | |||
| Multi-Core Support | Optimised performance on multi-core processors “Out-of-process server” – COM module for multi-threaded applications |
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| API for creation of FlexiLayout for simple documents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |