Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Engine

 

Optical Character Recognition relies on the use of Abbyy FineReader which is an optional add-on to the Zetadocs system which enable text to be read and stored from documents including the images they contain. This means that these documents can be archived and then searched allowing quick and easy information retrieval of received documents.

 

Files compatible with OCR module:

• PDF (.pdf)
• BMP and DIB (.bmp, .dib)
• PCX and DCX (.pcx, .dcx)
• JPEG, JIFF (.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif)
• GIF (.gif)
• TIFF (.tif, .tiff, .g3n, .g3f)
• DjVu (.djvu, .djv)

 

The following file types are not supported:

• Compression: Zip, Rar, ARJ, TAR, TGZ, CAB ...
• Media: MP3, WMV, AVI, MPG, MPEG, MP4, WAV...
• Executable types: EXE, DLL, BAT, VBS ...        

 

Checking my Abbyy License

Abbyy licensing has a volume limit which when exceeded results in stopping the conversion service, to check the remaining limit on your license simply:

 

• Go to C:\Program Files\Zetadocs Server\Document Converter\OCR
• Double click the FREngineLM.exe file.
• This will open the Abbyy FineReader Engine License Manager.
• This will display both your Volume limit and Volume Remaining.

 

Should your license run out you can configure the Zetadocs Server to operate without OCR whilst you are awaiting a replacement license.

 

Deactivating OCR

• Go to C:\Program Files\Zetadocs Server\Document Converter.
• Open the Config.xml file in notepad or a suitable text editor.
• Change the field which contains        <EnableOCR>true</EnableOCR>

                                 To:        <EnableOCR>false</EnableOCR>

• Save and close the Config.xml file.

• Next go to Start and select Run.
• Next enter Services.msc.
• Scroll down to Zetadocs Document Converter and right click on it and select Restart.

 

The service should now restart without using OCR.