Comparison ABBYY CLI OCR Versions V8 - V11

Version 8.0 Version 9.0 Version 11
Recognition
Image Input Formats BMP, DCX, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, JPEG200, JBIG2 New: WDP
PDF Import yes, with intelligent automatic text layer control
Texttypes Normal, Matrix, Typewriter, OCR-A, OCR-B, CMC7, MICR New: Receipts
1D barcodes yes, 16 types
2D barcodes on request only yes,
PDF 417, Aztec, Data Matrix, QR Code.
yes, extended
with Maxi Code
Recognition Languages
supported in the core technology
189
37 languages with dictionary support
> 190
37 languages with dictionary support
> 200
52 languages with dictionary support
Chinese, Japanese, Korean OCR only on request included in trial license
extended language version available online
Arabic OCR
Support for “old” fonts
Gothic/Fraktur
not included, for project requests contact ABBYY
Processing
Image Preprocessing yes slightly optimized improved technology
Camera OCR 1st generation 3rd generation
Image Orientation Detection yes yes yes
Layout Analysis yes, parameters for text, tables, barcodes, pictures
Text Format Detection yes, parameters for bold, italic, font size, color, more…
Aggressive Text-Extraction new
Multi-Core Support manual, own instance scalability processing new, built in for multi-page documents
Processing Profiles new feature for different scenarios:
conversion, text extraction, barcode recognition, etc.
Export
Text only yes, full Unicode support
Office Formats RTF, DOC, XLS RTF, DOC, XLS, PPT RTF, ODT, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX
(“DOC/PPT export” no longer supported)
Web Formats HTML HTML + Images HTML + Images + CSS
eBook Formats ePub, FB2
XML ABBYY XML ABBYY XML,
new ALTO XML
PDF yes, image only, text only, text under image
PDF Options yes, security and encryption settings, print restrictions, tagged PDFs, recreation of hyperlinks
PDF/A1 yes yes
PDF/A2 yes
Highly compressed PDFs (MRC) yes yes,
improved technology
PDF Export Profiles yes
Operating System
Architecture (bitness) 32-bit 32-bit 64-bit
glibc Version glibc 2.3.2 glibc version 2.5 and above glibc version 2.11 and above

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