System requirements
Hardware
PC with x86-compatible processor (1GHz or higher)
Operating system
Compatible with last available service packs:
- Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2
- Windows 10, 8.1
Tested technologies
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK has been tested on the following cloud computing platforms:
- ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK has been tested on the following cloud computing platforms:
- Azure Service Fabric
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Amazon EC2
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK has been tested in the following virtual environments:
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.2
- Parallels Desktop for Mac 13.0.1
- VMware: ESXi 6.5, Workstation Player 12.5, Workstation Pro 14.0.0
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK can also be run in a Docker container on supported platforms.
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK Java wrapper has been tested on the following Java Development Kits:
- Oracle Java SE Development Kit 12.0.1, 11.0.3, 8u212, 8u211
Memory
- for processing one-page documents – minimum 400 MB RAM, recommended 1 GB RAM
- for processing multi-page documents – minimum 1 GB RAM, recommended 1,5 GB RAM
Hard disk space
- for library installation:
- 2GB for core functionality
- additionally up to 400 MB for the OfficeConverters module
- for program operation:
- 100 MB for running the program
- additional 15 Mb for every processing page of a multi-page document
Other requirements
- 100% TWAIN-compatible scanner, digital camera, or fax modem – for scanning only
- Keyboard, mouse or other input device
- The following registry branches should be accessible from the workstation:
- "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12\FlexiCapture SDK" – full control
- "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12" – full control for installation only
- "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12" – full control for installation only
- The following folders should be accessible from the workstation:
- Folder with ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK binary files – access for reading
- %TEMP% folder – full control access
- folder %ProgramData%\ABBYY\FCSDK\12\FlexiCapture SDK – full control access
- folder %ProgramData%\ABBYY\FCSDK\12\Licenses – full control access
- The following components should be installed:
- .NET mework 4.5
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher
Hardware
PC with x86-compatible processor (1GHz or higher)
Operating system
Compatible with last available service packs:
- Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2008 R2
- Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7
Tested virtual environments
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK has been tested in the following virtual environments:
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.2
- Parallels Desktop for Mac 13.0.1
- VMware: ESXi 6.5, Workstation Player 12.5, Workstation Pro 14.0.0
ABBYY SDK 12 Licensing Service can also be run in a Docker container on supported platforms.
Hard disk space
25 MB of free hard-disk space
Other requirements
- folder %ProgramData%\ABBYY\FCSDK\12\Licenses — full control access
- For activation/deactivation of the license:
- Allowed connections to *.abbyy.com
- Port: 80 (except online license), 443
- Protocol: http
- If you are connected to the internet via a proxy server, VPN, or dial-up connection, please customize the settings in Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Connections.
Compatibility with FlexiCapture
ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 SDK works with projects created in ABBYY FlexiCapture 12, Build 12.0.3.2462, or earlier. Projects saved in the current version of ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 SDK can be used in ABBYY FlexiCapture 12, Build 12.0.3.2462, or later. You can also pass projects to and from ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Developer’s Package shipped with the current ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 SDK distribution.
Development tools
The ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK application programming interface conforms to the COM standard and can be easily used in C/C++, Visual Basic, .NET, or any development tool supporting COM components. ABBYY FlexiCapture can be adapted for use in scripting languages like VBS, JS, and Perl.
Supported languages
ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 SDK recognizes 209 languages for OCR, including: 127 languages for ICR (marked with ×) and 56 languages with full dictionary support (marked with ×).
Natural languages
Artificial languages
Formal languages
NLP languages
Country support for invoices, purchase orders and receipts
For the countries listed below, all the necessary settings have been preconfigured:
Invoices:
Purchase Orders:
Receipts:
Supported image formats (opening, saving)
ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 SDK opens and saves image files in the following formats:
| Format | Extension | Input | Export |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF: (Version 1.7 or earlier), including PDF/Archive (PDF/A) | |||
| BMP: uncompressed black and white, uncompressed gray, uncompressed color |
bmp | ||
| DCX, PCX: 2-bit – black and white 4- and 8-bit – gray TrueColor |
dcx, pcx | ||
| PNG: black and white, gray, color |
png | ||
| JPEG 2000: gray, 8-bit color, RGB or YCC colorspace, 8 bit per channel color, encoded using 8-bit palette in RGB colorspace |
jp2, jpc | ||
| JPEG: gray, color |
jpg, jpeg, jfif | ||
| TIFF: black and white – uncompressed, CCITT4, Packbits, ZIP, LZW gray – uncompressed, Packbits, JPEG, ZIP, LZW TrueColor – uncompressed, JPEG, ZIP, LZW Palette – uncompressed, Packbits, ZIP multi image TIFF |
tif, tiff | ||
| GIF: black and white – LZW-compressed gray – LZW-compressed TrueColor – LZW-compressed |
gif | ||
| DjVu: black and white, gray, color |
djvu, djv | ||
| JBIG2 | jb2 | ||
| WDP | Wdp |
Supported digital document input formats
ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 SDK accepts input digital documents in the following formats:
- text documents: DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, TXT, ODT
- tables: XLS, XLSX, ODS
- presentations: PPT, PPTX, ODP
Supported document saving formats
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK allows you to export recognized data in the following formats:
- Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.XLS)
- DBase file (*.DBF)
- Comma Separated Values File (*.CSV)
- Simple text (*.TXT)
- XML Document (*.XML)
Supported barcode types
ABBYY FlexiCapture SDK allows you to export recognized data in the following formats:
Comments
1 comment
Jakub Palaszynski
Hello,
how can we download/obtain SDK?
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