Security Fixes

This release of FineReader Engine addresses all Critical and High rated security issues related to project dependencies including but not limited to:

• cURL
• OpenJPEG
• Libyaml
• OpenOffice

We have removed support for the DjVu document type in this release for security reasons. If you rely on this document format for your workflows, please reach out to our team so we can work directly with you.

New Features

• Image Preprocessing Reworked
• Improved Layout Analysis
• New "Accurate" Layout Analysis Mode
• Handwriting Recognition
• Improved Processing Profiles
• New Input Formats
• New JSON Export Format
• Updated .NET Core support

API Changes

Most settings for image preprocessing have been moved from PrepareImageMode to PagePreprocessingParams object. Some settings were removed because the automatic preprocessing no longer needs any additional tuning. For full details, please refer to the Release Notes for this version.