LEADTOOLS SDK OCR Modules OCR SDK for full page and zonal OCR, and forms processing for Win32 and x64 single or multi-thread development. Available as C DLL, .NET class, WFC service and WF activity.

The award winning LEADTOOLS OCR Modules provide methods for incorporating optical character recognition (OCR) technology into an application and include everything needed to develop robust, high performance and scalable document imaging solutions that include optical character recognition technology.

In addition, LEAD also offers a wide range of functionality that may be added to LEADTOOLS as needed. These advanced features include barcode detection, recognition and printing, forms registration, recognition and processing, Optical Mark Recognition (OMR), and handwritten text recognition (ICR).

Key Features of LEADTOOLS OCR

Available as C DLL, .NET 2.0 DLL, WCF service and WF activity.
Convert an image to a document with as little as three lines of code.
OCR images from SharePoint.
Process an entire page or only specific areas in a page.
Recognize and export text, choosing from any of 40 formats, including Adobe PDF and PDF/A, MS Word, MS Excel as well as various flavors of ANSI and UNICODE text.
Perform OCR processes in a single or multi-threaded environment with optimization for server-based operations.
Create, process and recognize multiple documents simultaneously in the same application.
Supports 32 and 64 bit development.
Multiple OCR engines are supported and abstracted from the user through the use of a common .NET class library. Switching between the various engines requires virtually no changes in the application code.
Select the character set and language dictionary of documents to be recognized. Choose from English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Swedish.
Segment complex pages manually or automatically into text zones, image zones, table zones, lines, headers and footers.
Set accuracy thresholds prior to recognition to control the accuracy of recognition.
Learn, save, and load character recognition data for similar documents. The software learns as a result of normal recognition and acquires additional information by using the OCR’s text verification system.
Recognize text from 5 to 72 points in virtually any typeface.
Increase recognition accuracy with built-in and user dictionaries.
Automatically detect fax, dot matrix, and other degraded documents and compensate accordingly.
Process both text and graphics. The recognition software's ability to distinguish halftone graphics from text can provide the basis of a compound document processing system.
High-level design provides ease of use, while available low-level functions are still available to provide complete control.

OCR Modules

An important feature of the OCR design is the support of multiple OCR engines. The ability to choose the right engine for a specific solution gives unprecedented flexibility to developers. To reduce complexity and overall development time, the design hides the underlying engine details through the use of a common .NET class library. Changing underlying OCR engines based on the requirements of the project requires virtually no change to the application code.

LEAD offers four different OCR engines, providing developers options for different features and prices. No other OCR SDK offers this amount of flexibility and choice.

Each of the following LEADTOOLS OCR Modules include .NET interfaces that greatly simplify coding and speeds development of OCR applications. Additionally, the same code can be used with any of LEADTOOLS OCR Modules.

LEADTOOLS Advantage OCR Module

Includes automatic and manual zone detection, formatted output, auto-orientation and custom spelling dictionaries. PDF and PDF/A output and OMR support is available. LEADTOOLS OCR Module - Advantage is included in LEADTOOLS Recognition SDK and LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Enterprise SDK.

LEADTOOLS Plus OCR Module

Includes automatic and manual zone detection, formatted output, auto-orientation, custom spelling dictionaries and MICR support. PDF and PDF/A output, ICR and OMR support is available.

LEADTOOLS Professional OCR Module

Includes the fastest and most accurate automatic and manual zone detection, unicode support, formatted output, auto-orientation, custom spelling dictionaries and MICR support. PDF and PDF/A output, Asian languages, ICR and OMR support is available.

LEADTOOLS Arabic OCR Module

Provides an Arabic language OCR engine with support for automatic and manual zone detection, formatted output and auto-orientation. PDF and PDF/A output and OMR support is available.

Why LEADTOOLS OCR SDK is the best choice.

Multi-thread safe OCR SDK.
Supports 32 and 64 bit development.
Ease of use means converting an image to a PDF can be done in three lines of code.
Supports full page or zonal OCR. Zones can either be automatically or manually generated.
Use LEADTOOLS image processing functions such as document cleanup to improve recognition results.
Recognize text in low quality images such as those created with dot matrix printers.
Recognize a variety of documents, including facsimiles, photocopies and documents with complex layouts.
Integrates with the LEADTOOLS Forms Recognition Module to improve form recognition confidence and adds forms processing functionality.

Specialized Recognition Modules may be added on to LEADTOOLS OCR Modules.

OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) Modules

Recognize marks such as checkmarks or bubble sheets.

ICR Recognition Modules

Recognize hand-printed numerals (0-9) and four additional signs (+ - . ,).
Recognize hand printed text.

LEADTOOLS PDF OCR Module

Extends all LEADTOOLS OCR Modules to add text searchable PDF and PDF/A output support.

LEADTOOLS Asian OCR Module - Professional

Extends the LEADTOOLS OCR Module - Professional to include support for Asian languages.

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The OCR SDK modules and related products are available below:

Pricing Structure
Product	Price	Try
*LEADTOOLS Advantage OCR Module	$995	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Plus OCR Module	$1495	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Professional OCR Module	$1995	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Professional OCR Module - Asian Addon	$2995	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Arabic OCR Module	$5995	Free Trial
The OCR Advantage and PDF OCR Modules are included with the following toolkits.
*LEADTOOLS Recognition	$3995	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Enterprise	$4995	Free Trial
OCR modules can be added to the following toolkits.
*LEADTOOLS Document Imaging	$2495	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging	$4995	Free Trial
The PDF OCR module can be added on to any OCR module for PDF output.
*± LEADTOOLS PDF OCR Module	$1495	Free Trial
The following can be added on to OCR for even more functionality.
*LEADTOOLS ICR Module - Plus	$1495	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS ICR Module - Professional	$1995	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS OMR Module	$795	Free Trial
*LEADTOOLS Forms Recognition Module	$995	Free Trial

* Deployment requires runtime license. Marked toolkits require runtime licensing based on the deployment of the application you develop. Several purchase options are available. For more information, please contact oemsales@leadtools.com or call a LEAD sales representative. Click here for more information on LEADTOOLS Runtime Licensing requirements.