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Overview of the Capture SDK

The Development Kit contains image management and recognition technologies for developing 32-bit 
Windows applications on Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Window XP. 
The Development Toolkit is supplied in two variants:

• The 

Professional OCR Kit

 with seven recognition modules for recognizing machine-generated 

texts, including E-13B (MICR), OCR-A and OCR-B.

• The 

Professional Recognition Kit

 with additional modules for handprint (ICR), barcode and 

checkmark (OMR) recognition services.

Both variants offer two interfaces:

• The 

RECapi

 interface, providing over 200 entry points for C/C++ programmers.

• The 

IPRO

 ActiveX interface, providing an object model with about 40 objects, offering nearly the same 

functionality as RECapi, with additional document management features.

Some functionality is delivered through optional add-on programs. The first two are normally installed 
along with the Development Kit; the last one must be installed separately, after the main installation.

• The 

Visual Toolbox

 works through IPRO and offers visual controls for easier development and 

running of applications providing image handling, zoning, text editing and proofing, thumbnail 
displays and scanner setting controls.

• The 

PDF Output Kit

 produces output files in Adobe's Portable Document Format.

• The 

Asian OCR

 provides recognition for Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese and traditional 

Chinese.

Evaluation packages include the full range of products and add-ons listed above, and can be used on a trial 
basis for a limited period (typically 35 days). These are governed by a temporary license.

See the printed documentation for a comprehensive summary of the Capture SDK packages and 
architecture.

Getting Help

The Readme files present the latest information and solutions to recently reported problems. The Addendum 
PDF file documents improvements built into the new 12.5 release, and also more fully documents the RFC 
output formatting level (“Flowing Page”) and the purposes for which it is advantageous (see pages 14-16). 

The CSDK is supplied with comprehensive on-line help documentation, including Introductions, Tutorials, 
Sample Codes and Reference topics for each of the supported interfaces: access this through the Windows 
Start menu or Help buttons in the programs. Documentation is also supplied in printed form in a binder, and 
can be downloaded in electronic form, as a set of PDF files, from the ScanSoft web site.

If you are evaluating the product without having version 12, please consult the on-line help or these PDF 
files. If you are upgrading from version 12, you should continue using the existing documentation, supple-
mented by the information in the PDF file 

Addendum.pdf

 located in your program folder after installation.

Using the RECapi Test Application

You should perform some basic tests with the RECapi interface, regardless of which interface you plan to 
use later. Go to the Windows Start Menu, choose the program 

ScanSoft OmniPage Capture SDK

, then 

RECapi Test Application

.

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