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Autobahn DX

Batch OCR and Conversion Server Solution

Fast, high-volume batch OCR and PDF conversion to searchable PDFs for Windows servers. Process thousands of documents at once, or create a workflow to automatically convert and OCR new documents.
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Overview

Autobahn DX is used by many enterprises across the globe for large-scale and bulk projects. Our solution also offers hot folder capabilities, enabling your team to get on with their jobs, while our software does the rest.
  • Audit your SharePoint library to discover the percentage of non-searchable and fully searchable files.
  • Accurate and reliable processing with an AI-powered OCR engine.
  • Robust capabilities and the ability to build complex document management workflows.
  • Customized single-task or multitask workflows with custom script capabilities.
Product Summary
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Features

Automated OCR Workflows

Our OCR engine has been continually improved over 15+ years and leverages AI, document layout analysis, and NLP technologies to accurately identify text in documents.

Convert 100+ File Types

Convert 100+ document types to PDF and unlock data with an OCR engine powered by heuristics, mathematics, and AI.

High-Quality Compression

Compress PDF files with an industry-leading compression engine that uses adaptive document learning and compression algorithms to significantly reduce the size of your files.

Split and Merge

Automatically merge or separate documents based on the number of pages, barcodes, or scripted rules. Extract and organize data quickly.

Smart Redaction

Permanently redact and remove sensitive information like emails, names, or phone numbers in your documents. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and a document understanding engine, you can automatically recognize sensitive information in a document and mark it for redaction.

Key-Value Pair Extraction

Automatically detect and extract key-value pairs from unstructured documents or images. Leveraging AI, ML, and adaptive layout understanding, you can automatically label and extract information such as phone numbers, IBANs, credit cards, names, and email addresses.

Archiving and PDF/A Support

Convert PDFs into long-term veraPDF- and ISO-compliant documents. Complies with three of the ISO standards (PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3) and works with “born digital” documents like MS Word, TIFF, and PDF files.

Barcode Recognition

Detect barcodes in TIFF and PDF files to enable document separation and/or addition of metadata. Split and rename files by barcodes. Make use of various reading options for barcode types. Specify the page where you want to start or end recognizing a barcode.

Integration with Azure and SharePoint

Azure and SharePoint are supported as a document target destination (Azure/SharePoint/Office 365 upload) and as a source (Azure/SharePoint/Office 365 download). This allows Azure/SharePoint document libraries to be populated directly from Autobahn DX jobs.

Additional Capabilities

Autobahn DX supports ultra-high performance for up to 64 cores.
Scheduled features can automatically pick up and process your files, giving you the chance to get on with your job while we do the rest.
We give you a simple user interface to run your jobs, and the Job Designer allows you to create custom jobs from a range of premade steps.
Use the Autobahn .NET API to create custom scripts that can be used within Autobahn.
Make your documents searchable with our built-in standard or extended OCR engine. We apply a hidden text layer on your files to make them searchable.

We support up to 23 languages with our standard engine, and more than 120 different languages with our extended engine — including Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

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Please contact the sales team for pricing information.

Licensing

License Comparison Table

Edition Comparison Work Station Server with standard OCR Server with extended OCR
Convert TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF to PDF + OCR
OCR Image Only PDF
Convert MS Office & Open Files to PDF
Merge TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF to TIFF to TIFF/PDF
Split/Merge PDF Files
Extract Text from PDF Files
Set PDF Properties
Pre-Processing (Deskew, Despeckle, Line Removal) and Auto-Rotation
Language support 23 23 129
TXT, RTF & HTML Output options
Advanced MRC & JBIG2 Compression on output PDFs
Processing Source PDFs with Passwords
Setting PDF Security on Output Files
Split/Rename by Barcode
Handwriting recognition via Google and Microsoft cloud APIs.
Load Balancing
Pause and Restart Jobs
Azure Storage Support
MultiCore (up to a maximum of 64 Cores)
Watched Folders, Scheduled Tasks and Windows Service Support
MultiStep Jobs, allowing the creation of workflows
SharePoint/Office 365 Upload/Download
Read/Send Emails using IMAP4
Use of Custom Scripts
High Availability
Distributed Polling across Multiple Autobahn DX Instances
Integration with Aquaforest Kingfisher
XML-based Job Definitions
.Net API
Run Jobs via Command Line
Better at dealing with poorer quality documents than Standard OCR
Support for multiple languages within a single document from the same character set
Asian Language Support
Arabic Language Support
Hebrew Language Support
Intelligent High Quality Compression
Multiple document output formats: PDF, DOCX, WORDML, RTF, CSV, XLSX, EXCELML, TXT, HTML and XPS

Trial License Key

After downloading you will receive an email with a 14 day trial license key. The trial is fully functional with the following exceptions:

  • Trial watermarks will be placed on output files
  • The trial is by default limited to 1 CPU core
  • To obtain a trial key for more than 1 CPU core key email support@aquaforest.com
  • Text output files are limited to 3 pages per document. There are no limits on searchable PDF files.

The trial product can be fully activated with a permanent license key when purchased.

There are no limits on the number of documents that can be processed with the trial.

Support during the Trial

We can support you during your trial in many ways – just email support@aquaforest.com

  • Ask any technical questions
  • Request a remote session to help configure the product
  • Ask for guidance on expected throughput and hardware recommendations
  • For licensing questions email sales@aquaforest.com

Extending the Trial

If you need to extend the trial beyond 14 days or would like to trial multi-core features please email sales@aquaforest.com

FAQ

Yes, all our products are supported on virtual machines including Azure and Oracle VM virtual box

The Subscription Price includes comprehensive support and maintenance cover for the duration of the subscription.
One of our expert engineers can install and configure Autobahn DX to meet your requirements via a remote session. It is normally straightforward and takes between 15 and 30 minutes.
Let us know if you would like us to provide training via remote session on any aspect of the product.
We can demonstrate the product for you and discuss how it can meet your needs.
Our team have gained extensive experience and expertise in searchable PDFs over many years and are members of the PDF association. We are happy to share our knowledge and provide free advice in this area.

Email
We aim to respond to email support requests within 1/2 a business day- usually we respond much more quickly than that. Email support@aquaforest.com with any support query.

Phone support
If you prefer to speak directly with our team call us on +44 (0)1296 768 727 or ask for a call via support@aquaforest.com with any support query.

Live chat
You can always contact us on live chat during office hours.

Tech Spec

Quick Start
Cookbook
Release history
Standard languages
Extended languages

Extended OCR Module

The Extended OCR Module for Autobahn DX adds the IRIS OCR engine as an alternative to the standard Aquaforest engine. This has a number of benefits including optional support for Asian languages and DOCX output.

Multi-Core Licenses

The number of cores licensed determines how many CPU cores the software can use concurrently. As a rough guide, the software can process 1,000 pages per hour per CPU core although this will vary according to a number of factors.

A single Autobahn DX job can be configured to use multiple cores, processing multiple files in parallel. This is ideally suited for maximizing throughput when processing large volumes of documents of any size.

The Autobahn DX multi-core capabilities dramatically increase throughput of OCR-based jobs which are highly CPU-intensive.

Performance and Configuration

Our team is able to offer advice on the best product configuration and hardware to achieve your performance goals. Just let us know what your throughput requirements are and we will help – email support@aquaforest.com

Microsoft SharePoint Support

SharePoint is supported as a document target destination (SharePoint Upload) and as a source (SharePoint Download). This allows SharePoint document libraries to be populated directly from Autobahn DX jobs.

Highly Compressed PDF Support

Autobahn DX supports both Mixed Raster Compression (MRC) for optimal compression of scanned color PDFs as well as JBIG2 for optimal compression of bitonal documents.

PDF/A and PDF/X Support

Autobahn DX supports generation of PDF/A and PDF/X compliant files from “born digital” documents such as Microsoft Word as well as scanned image TIFF and PDF files.

System requirements

Supported Operating Systems Windows 10 (64 bit)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Recommended Memory Single Core License - 8 GB RAM
8 Core License - 16 GB RAM
Greater Than 8 Core License - Ask support@aquaforest.com
Recommended CPU Single Core License - i5 processor
8 Core License - i7 processor
Greater Than 8 Core License - Ask support@aquaforest.com
Disk Space 2.0 GB
.NET Framework 4.7.2
Visual C++ Runtime The Visual C++ Redistributable package is required for deployment as well as development.
The Aquaforest engine requires Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86 | x64)

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