Lines array elements

Lines array elements in the ABBYY FineReader Engine JSON schema — strings forming a text block or table cell, ordered as read.

Elements of the lines array are objects describing strings making up a text block or table cell. Elements in this array are ordered identically to the way they are read.

Property	Data type	Description
position	rect	The coordinates of the rectangular region on the document where the text string is located.
confidence	confidence	The level of confidence for the text in the string being recognized correctly. Calculated using confidence values for words that make up the string.
text	string	The string value of the element.
charParams	object	The parameters related to font formatting.
words	object array	An array consisting of words that make up the text string. Elements are ordered identically to the way they are read.

CharParams elements

Elements of the charParams is an object describing formatting of characters. These elements are applied to the object to which they relate (single character or a group of characters).

Property	Data type	Description
bold	boolean	Indicates that a font style is bold.
italic	boolean	Indicates that a font style is italic.
underlined	boolean	Indicates that a font style is underlined.
strikeout	boolean	Indicates that a font style is strikeout.
smallCaps	boolean	Indicates that a font is small caps.
superscript	boolean	Indicates the superscript font property.
subscript	boolean	Indicates the subscript font property.
scaling	integer	The scaling of the font (the default value is 1000).
spacing	integer	The character spacing in twips (1/20 pt, 1/1440 inch).
fontSize	integer	The font size property state in twips (1/20 pt, 1/1440 inch).
fontName	string	The font name.
color	string	The font color (hexadecimal value in 6-digit format RRGGBB).
lang	string	The language of the characters. Consists of language and country parts, please refer to ISO 639 and ISO 3166.

Words array elements

Elements of the words array are objects describing words that make up a text string.

Property	Data type	Description
position	rect	The coordinates of the rectangular region on the document where the word is located.
confidence	confidence	The level of confidence for the word being recognized correctly. Calculated using confidence values for characters making up the word.
text	string	The string value of the word.
chars	object array	An array of characters that make up the word. Elements in the array are ordered the same way they are read.

Chars array elements

Elements of the chars array are objects that describe characters that make up a word. A character is the smallest unit of text information.

Property	Data type	Description
confidence	confidence	The level of confidence for the character being recognized correctly.
text	string	The string value of the character.
position	rect	The coordinates of the rectangular region on the document where the character is located.