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The OCR functionality is enabled by default, using the tesseract OCR engine (maintained by google: ).

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Enable/Disable OCR

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It is also possible to utilise any OCR engine that can be called by command, or via an SDKthe command line (eg. via ssh). There are fees levied by the OCR software vendors; however, they typically produce the most accurate OCR results. Please contact Patrix if you would like to arrange to setup a an alternative commercial OCR system as part of your DMS installation.

For the OCR tools to be used, they must be able to convert PDF or images to text from the command - line.  

Here are some options that are available:

• OCRKit (~$75, for OS X) Ephesoft OCR (Windows, varied pricing for cloud versus on-premise versus community edition)- Integration as a stand alone OCR appliance possible: see here
• ABBYY OCR for Linux (version 9 CLI, competitive pricing)
• ABBYY SDK/Runtime (all platforms, USD$5,000+)
• Nuance (all platforms, USD$5,000+)
• LEADTOOLS (all platforms, USD$5,000+pricing varies according to volume OCRed)

See a comparison of OCR offerings at Wikipedia.

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