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The OCR activity is used to specify general pre-recognition options and to carry out full-text recognition. Other activities and skills can use the recognition results obtained by the OCR activity for faster processing. When recognizing a document, subsequent activities or skills will use the recognition results from the OCR activity if all of the following conditions are met:
  • The set of languages in a subsequent activity or skill is the same as the set of languages in the OCR activity or includes the languages of the OCR activity.
  • The text type settings (for example, Printed or Handwritten recognition options) in a subsequent activity or skill are the same as the text type settings in the OCR activity.
  • The set of barcode types in a subsequent activity or skill is the same as the set of barcode types in the OCR activity or includes the barcode types of the OCR activity. If no barcode types are enabled in subsequent activities, the barcode type settings in the OCR activity will be ignored.
If any of the above conditions are not met, the text in the documents will be recognized. The PDF Processing Mode configured in an OCR activity also applies when recognition results are reused by subsequent activities, ensuring consistent processing behavior across the workflow.

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Set up the OCR activity

To set up OCR, follow these steps:
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Add the OCR activity

Add an OCR activity block to your workflow and select it by left-clicking.
2

Name the activity

In the Actions pane, enter a name for your activity (if required).
3

Open OCR Settings

In the Actions pane, click OCR Settings. The OCR Settings dialog box opens.
4

Configure PDF Processing Mode

On the General tab, under Image Processing, select a PDF Processing Mode to control how Vantage processes PDF documents in this activity:
  • Default (Recommended) — Uses the embedded PDF text layer when available and supplements with OCR as needed.
  • Use Text Layer Only — Extracts text from the embedded PDF text layer; falls back to OCR if no text layer exists.
  • Use OCR Only — Ignores any embedded text layer and performs full OCR.
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Select recognition languages

On the Languages tab:
  • In the Allowed Languages section, select one or several document recognition languages. During processing, the document language will be automatically chosen from the languages specified during setup. Note that the number of selected languages may affect recognition speed and quality.
  • If the document contains handwritten text, enable the Handwritten option in the Text Appearance section. See the supported languages for handwritten text recognition.
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Enable barcode recognition

On the Barcodes tab, enable the barcode types that may appear on your documents. The number of selected barcode types can affect recognition speed.If you don’t need to recognize any barcodes, click the button with the number of selected options in the header of the Barcode Types table and click Deselect all.
The number of selected languages and barcode types may affect recognition speed. Try to select only those languages and barcode types that are required to process your documents.
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Save

Click Save.