What block types are available in ABBYY FineReader Engine

After the automatic Document Analysis step was conducted, a document page will be “split up in different areas of interest” (= blocks)

A block may be of one of the following types:

• Text block
• Table block
• Picture block
• Barcode block
• Checkmark block
• Block for auto-analysis

Text block

Text block corresponds to an image area that was identified as formatted text. Each text block should  contain single-column text.

 
The above screenshot shows the desktop application ABBYY FineReader PDF. For ABBYY FineReader Engine, the information is available via the API or can be shown to the user via the Visual Components.

Table block

Table block corresponds to an image zone that was recognized as a table. It could be a real table or an area of text lines that are structured as a table. When the technology reads this area type, it draws vertical and horizontal separators inside the area to form a table. This area is then rendered as a table in the output text. A table's region may only be rectangular.

 
This screenshot shows the desktop application ABBYY FineReader PDF. In ABBYY FineReader Engine, the information is available via API or can be shown to the user via Visual Components

Picture block

The Picture block corresponds to an image zone that was recognized as a picture. This type of block may enclose an actual picture or any other object that should be displayed as a picture (e.g. a section of text, signature...etc.).

 
The screenshot shows the desktop application ABBYY FineReader PDF. In ABBYY FineReader Engine, the information is available via API or can be shown to the user via Visual Components

Barcode block

The Barcode block corresponds to an image zone recognized as barcode.

 
The screenshot above shows the desktop application ABBYY FineReader PDF. In ABBYY FineReader Engine, the information is available via API or can be shown to the user via Visual Components

Checkmark block

The Checkmark block corresponds to an image zone that was identified as a checkmark.

Block for auto analysis

This is an area of an image that the application should analyze automatically. The application performs the layout analysis procedure that replaces blocks of this type with one or more blocks of other specific block type (text, picture, table, or barcode).