ABBYY Flexicapture SDK

ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK enables software developers to quickly create applications capable of extracting meaning from documents. FlexiCapture SDK is ideal for system integrators, developers and service providers who want to integrate powerful data capture (LAD/RAD) functionality into their solutions. Using ABBYY's machine learning and AI, end users can process more transactions, faster and with fewer errors, improving customer service, reducing costs and making smarter decision-making processes.
 
High quality data export
 
Featuring award-winning OCR technologies and state-of-the-art classification, also offering self-learning based on machine learning technology, FlexiCapture SDK ensures exceptional data accuracy.
 
Seamless software integration
 
FlexiCapture SDK enables developers to seamlessly integrate data capture into their applications and maintain full control over document processing, extracted data and document routing.
 
Automated and optimized document processing
 
To achieve a high level of efficiency, FlexiCapture SDK provides a comprehensive set of technologies and tools that optimize the processing of documents and forms, both structured and unstructured, including data verification, advanced document classification, learning through feedback, and exporting for further processing and archiving.
 
Programming in familiar environments
 
The SDK's API conforms to COM standards and can be easily used in C/C++, Visual Basic, Java, or any other development tool compatible with COM elements.
 
Features & Benefits
 
As an access option to the FlexiCapture platform, FlexiCapture SDK provides developers with powerful and flexible tools to seamlessly integrate ABBYY's cutting-edge data capture technologies and empower their own products and services to meet the needs of the vertical market.
 
A leading OCR in its field and the largest language base in the world
 
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK includes the latest version of ABBYY's OCR/ICR technologies. It therefore provides the best recognition quality for more than 209 OCR languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. This facilitates the localization/translation of application development and makes it easier for developers to meet the needs of customers around the world.
 
High accuracy of data extraction
 
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK enables intelligent extraction of data from certain fields. This technology searches the fields of the document and analyzes the surrounding areas. To improve results, developers can use the built-in extraction training tool; it more precisely defines the location of recurring fields and groups on a page of a structured or semi-structured document. Training begins as soon as a user starts working on the documents.
 
Feedback learning
 
FlexiCapture SDK allows developers to implement learning field extraction and classification technology to improve the accuracy of field extraction and classification.
 
This technology “learns” thanks to the feedback provided by end users. This feedback can be collected in any third-party element for verification, applied by the developer, or contain information about the right places to find fields (to refine the field extraction technology) and the right categories of fields. image (to perfect the classification technology).
 
Image enhancement and quality control
 
Now developers can enhance images, including those taken with mobile devices, both manually and automatically.
This feature allows developers to manage the complex backgrounds of documents like IDs, insurance policies, etc. For example, the following corrections can be made to the image:
 
Automatic resolution correction
Image resolution override, replaced with a specific resolution
Fixed image tilt angle from black dividers, black squares or text
Convert image to black and white
Image rotation, inversion and mirroring
ISO noise reduction
Removing color marks and cuts
Automatic image cropping
It is also possible to apply a preconfigured enhancement profile to the images.
 
Advanced Classification
 
Advanced Document Classification allows incoming documents to be classified into categories using a pre-configured classifier, available through the API.  Classification technologies are very flexible and can be used to distinguish :
 
Document types, such as invoices, bank statements, tax returns, claims, etc.
Variations within the same document type, such as invoices from different vendors.
Document limits, such as the first and subsequent pages for each document type.
Classification technology uses two approaches:
Image classification that uses convolutional neural networks and distinguishes documents based on their different visual appearance.
The classification of texts which is based on a statistical and semantic analysis of the text and requires OCR.
 
Using both of these approaches yields the best possible classification results. FlexiCapture SDK has an API that "trains" the classifier from scratch and uses the trained classifier within application to speed up document processing.
 
Development Pack
 
To facilitate the initial set-up of the data capture process, developers / distributors receive, together with the FlexiCapture 12 SDK, the FlexiCapture 12 development pack. It includes the configuration station for the FlexiCapture projects and FlexiLayout Studio. The development pack can be used to set up FlexiCapture projects for later use in FlexiCapture SDK. All FlexiCapture projects created in the FlexiCapture Development Pack and sent with FlexiCapture SDK can be used in FlexiCapture SDK and vice versa.
 
Development kit without runtime, to be added according to the volumes of pages.