May 19
This blog has been created to illustrate the effects pre-processing settings can have on a document. There are a number of pre-processing options available from the GUI which can be used to increase recognition in the OCR process. The pre-processing settings are only used to better prepare your image before it is passed to the OCR engine in order …
Apr 19
The Aquaforest Technical Team is happy to announce the Maintenance Release for the OCR SDK for .Net v1.40. This version of the SDK offers a number of enhancement and bug fixes over the previous v1.40. release: • .Net Framework 4.0 – The OCR SDK has now been extended to support .NET Framework 4.0. • PDF/A Support – The OCR SDK …
Mar 17
This blog has been created to assist users in trouble shooting issues they may experience when using the Aquaforest OCR SDK for .Net software. Replicating Issues Using Sample Applications The Aquaforest OCR SDK comes with a number of sample applications written in both VB and C#. The sample applications illustrate the simplicity in which the OCR SDK can …
Aug 08
When using the Aquaforest OCR SDK, intermittently you may receive the following message in your application: System.IO.FileNotFoundException was caught FileName=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\AquaforestOcr\xxxx_xx\x_x.hocr Message=Could not find file ‘C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\AquaforestOcr\xxxx_xx\x_x.hocr’. This message is generated as a direct result of the source file not being OCR’d, however the particular message is not appropriate in this case. In order to resolve this issue you …
Aug 08
The following blog illustrates how to rectify “Printer already exists” issue when attempting to install Autobahn DX or PDF Junction: Below is a screen shot which is presented to users who are installing Autobahn DX or PDF Junction. This issue occurs when the previous version of Autobahn DX or PDF Junction was un-installed but failed …
Jul 12
This blog illustrates how to make Microsoft Outlook ready for Autobahn DX Server and PDF Junction. As mentioned in one of the previous blogs, one of the core reason for the failure of the conversion process ‘Convert any document to PDF’ in Autobahn and PDF Junction is caused by pop-up dialogs being displayed from Office products …
May 23
This blog illustrates how to make Microsoft Word ready for Autobahn DX Server and PDF Junction. The other office products can also be configured just the same way. One of the core reason for the failure of the conversion process ‘Convert any document to PDF’ in Autobahn and PDF Junction is caused by pop-up dialogs …
Apr 05
Autobahn Windows Service This is the heart of the product and controls the execution of both scheduled jobs and ad-hoc jobs whether submitted via the Autobahn Manager or via the Autobahn Job API. The service analyses the XML Job Definition files on start-up and when new files are created in the Job Definition directory by …
Mar 22
By “in-place” processing we generally mean processing PDF documents that have already been added to a document repository or system and need to be turned into searchable PDFs in-place. By contrast “workflow” processing where documents pass through Autobahn DX on their way into a document repository via watched folders. The job shown below will convert …
Mar 12
This article aims to provide guidance for the creation of searchable PDF files from scanned documents, whether standard TIFF Files or Image-Only PDF files. Types of PDF File PDF Type Description Normal This is the most common type of PDF and is most typically created from a document such as Microsoft Word. It …