PRODUCTINFORMATION

ABBYY FlexiCapture 10
Distributed

Enterprise Capture with FlexiCapture 10

ABBYY FlexiCapture Distributed is an Enterprise Capture platform with which multinational organisa- Key features:
tions can automate their document-driven business processes. With FlexiCapture enterprises
Intelligent Enterprise Capture
streamline the transformation of documents into electronic data for delivery into backend business
platform for processing any kind
processes. It replaces manual and expensive data entry by providing intelligent and accurate data
of document in one stream
extraction from a full range of document types such as application forms, claim and order docu-
ments, invoices, or contracts. With its enterprise scalability organisations can handle nearly any Integration of Custom Modules
volume and automatically classify, separate and extract data into backend applications to increase e.g. third-party engines for
responsiveness and keep up with todays requirements for ever-increasing transaction speeds. partner-enabled vertical and
horizontal solution development

Web-based stations for

Moving paper at the Speed of Business scanning*, data verification and
Wherever businesses deal with documents and whenever those documents drive transactions, verification* allow better
organisations will benefit from automating those processes through reduced operating costs, integration of remote workforces
increased productivity and speed, faster customer service and a reduced risk of compliance
Custom processing stages allow
failure. FlexiCapture Distributed is a highly customisable platform offering a full-range of functionalities creation of customisable work-
for automatic document classification and separation, data extraction, indexing and it allows the flows depending on business
integration of external custom modules for vertical or horizontal solution development. requirements and/or document
types

Single Platform for all Document Types Handles High Document Volumes Auto learning and automatic
Intelligent document recognition allows processing The scalable client-server architecture, parallel classification simplify the cre-
of any document type from fixed forms to semi- processing and failover cluster support guarantee ation of layouts and shorten the
and unstructured documents in one single system a high volume throughput and stable processing in development time
(e.g. for Digital Mailrooms). business critical environments.
Double Verification and
Distributed Verification* for
High Quality Data Output Start Smart and Deliver Fast increased data quality
Highly accurate and intelligent document recognition Auto-learning simplifies the creation of documents High availability with Failover
technologies ensure optimised and validated data classifier and layout descriptions to save time Cluster support and Load
output. during the implementation phase. Balancing

Support for 186 OCR languages

Highly Automated Data Capture Better Competitiveness
including Chinese, Japanese,
Automated data extraction for highly time efficient Fast data extraction, higher data quality and better Korean, Thai and Vietnamese
data capture speeds up the capture process productivity increase responsiveness in the and 113 languages for ICR
across an enterprise and makes business-critical customer service of an enterprise helping to gear
information available in a short timeframe. their competitiveness. Web-based reports with custom
report integration and enhanced
statistics
Ready for Multinational Business Reduce Operating Costs
One solution to process documents in several Streamlining business processes and reduction of Export connectors to various
different languages for faster input into backend operational costs for manual indexing, document backend application and custom
applications also from remote offices. separation and data extraction. export scripts to connect any
third-party backend
Integrate with any Business Application Fast Return on Investment Microsoft SharePoint Export
Custom module integration to meet the needs of Cost savings due to a reduction of manual labour
enterprises operating in vertical industry sectors. PDF- & PDF/A document export
allows a fast payback of licensing and implementa-
for archiving
tion costs.
Web Services API **
* This feature is still under development, planned to be released in a maintenance release of FlexiCapture 10.
** Verification Station Web Service API available in FlexiCapture 10 Release 1, enhanced API planned to be released in a maintenance release of
FlexiCapture 10
Functionality Overview

Working with FlexiCapture Distributed

ABBYY FlexiCapture Distributed delivers high performance enterprise capture functionality via a highly scalable, client-server architecture
handling nearly any volume. It includes a set of dedicated server components for data processing and multiple client operator stations for
each step in the capture process: setup, administration, scanning, verification, export and monitoring. FlexiCapture also meets the requirements
of multinational enterprises by providing powerful tools for remote as well as web-based GUI for scanning*, data verification and verification*.

Server Components Administration and Setup

Processing Server and Processing Stations Administration and Monitoring Console
Automatically execute all resource-intensive operations such as Administrators and operators can manage processing and track
image import, recognition, classification, data extraction, validation statistics using the Administration and Monitoring Console.
rules execution, and export. The Processing Server has a highly Administrators can manage user rights, system administration and
scalable architecture and distributes tasks among its Processing setup. Operators can track jobs or generate statistics, control and view
Stations. When adding several stations, load balancing helps to boost document batches, queues, and their status. Custom reports based on
productivity and Failover Cluster support ensures high availability. Crystal reports can be integrated to generate individual statistics.

Database Server Layout Development and Project Setup

A Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Database Server*** keeps all FlexiCapture comes with a range of tools for template development.
data and about processing stages, and stores all information ABBYY Document Definition Editor is used for creation of machine-
about users, batches, processing operations, and statistics. readable fixed forms. With ABBYY FlexiLayout Studio, FlexiLayouts
for semi-structured and unstructured documents like invoices or
Application Server (based on Microsoft IIS) contracts can be developed. Data capture projects are set up with
The Application server handles all processing tasks and queues the ABBYY Project Setup Station which also provides convenient
automatically and distributes them among the stations. instruments to test, fine tune and adjust projects quickly and easily.

Distributed
Database
File
CRM
ERP
DMS
Data Verification Verification
Scanning Stations Server Processing Stations Stations Stations ECM

local, local, local,

remote remote remote
or web or web or web

IMPORT RECOGNITION VERIFICATION EXPORT

Custom
Custom Custom Custom
3rd Party Image Recognition
Custom
Verification Export
Enhancer Engine Connectors
Modules
 Functionality Overview

Document Processing with FlexiCapture Distributed

ABBYY FlexiCapture Distributed features intelligent document recognition technologies for classification, separation, data extraction, and
indexing. Customers can select and deploy user-attended client operator stations for (re-)scanning, data verification and document verification.
A highly customisable workflow with custom processing stages makes it easy to manage the processing and verification step and configures
the level of automatic or manual intervention desired. FlexiCapture allows integration of custom modules for recognition and classification
and gives customers the opportunity to integrate third-party verification modules.

(Remote) Scanning and Image Import (Web-based) Data Verification

Batch scanning, scanner management, and image quality control can Data verification operators
be handled by the Scanning Station. Click-once installation allows execute low-level verification
easy distribution and remote usage of the Scanning Station. tasks to match extracted
Enterprises may also use 3rd-party scanning applications as data with original document
FlexiCapture supports Hot-Folder or email data capture to automate data. Data verification can
import. be carried out on group- and
field-level to correct form
errors. Remote offices or
OCR, ICR, Checkmark and Barcode Recognition outsourcing service providers
FlexiCapture is based on ABBYYs award-winning recognition techno- can be integrated into the
logies delivering unprecedented accuracy and stability in several capture process via a web-based interface for data verification,
languages for OCR and ICR. 1D and 2D Barcodes and checkmarks which operates completely within a web browser (using Microsoft
can be recognised and powerful image pre-processing algorithms Silverlight).
help to improve recognition quality.

Verification Station **
Automated Data Validation Complex document errors can be manually checked using the
Built-in validation rules are automatically applied during recognition Verification Station. Master verification operators can check for
to increase accuracy. Automatic data validation ensures high data assembly errors for document composition and rules validation for
quality and reduces the workload for subsequent verification. data correctness. They can also manually re-assemble documents
containing classification and assembling errors. An intuitive drag-
and-drop interface simplifies this process.
Customisable Workflows
Custom processing stages The Verification Stations look and feel can be tailored to the needs
can be added to a workflow of a verification operator, which allows ergonomic keying and impro-
to set up an individual cap- ved validation through verification operators
ture workflow. Enterprises
can now adapt company Data Export
internal workflow require-
Data can be exported to backend applications, databases or can be
ments to the capture plat-
stored in enterprise repositories. Powerful export features include
form or simply create new
automated export or export to multiple destinations. FlexiCapture
individual workflows depen-
Distributed supports the following export destinations:
ding on business require-
- Files (most common file formats supported)
ments or document types.
- XML (Basic and Advanced XML export)
- External databases (via ODBC)
- Microsoft SharePoint
Classification, Document Separation, and Indexing
- ERP, DMS, CMS and other business applications through
Simple document separation via blank pages and barcodes can be scriptable export
implemented in FlexiCapture Distributed. Intelligent separation via
- Custom export
multi page document definitions enables processing of different
document types in a single stream. Automated and trainable classi-
fiers speed-up the document template development. Archiving and Image Export
Documents can be exported in various image formats. Documents
* This feature is still under development, planned to be released in a maintenance release of can prepared for archiving when converting them to Searchable
FlexiCapture 10.
PDF/PDF-A. Postponed deletion allows to delete documents only
** Verification Station Web Service API available in FlexiCapture 10 Release 1, enhanced API
planned to be released in a maintenance release of FlexiCapture 10 after the data is captured and transfered in the relevant business
*** Oracle Database support still under development, planned to be released in a maintenance applications.
release of FlexiCapture 10.
 Specifications and Licensing

Specifications ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Distributed Licensing

System requirements ABBYY FlexiCapture is sold through a network of Certified Solution Partners. The products flexible
PC: Intel Core2 Duo/2 Quad licensing scheme allows partners to select the best pricing option for their specific project. Licensing
Pentium/Celeron/Xeon, AMD
K6/Turion/Athlon/Duron is offered as:
Sempron 2 GHz processor or faster.
Dual Core (or more) CPU for Application Pages per Year Licences (PPY) Total Page Count Licences (TPC)
Server
RAM for stations: 512 MB RAM for each
FlexiCapture Distributed is available on a PPY TPC project licences can be obtained as an add-
CPU Core, not less than 1 GB licensing model. PPY describes the amount of on to a FlexiCapture Distributed PPY licence. TPC
RAM for Servers: pages that can be processed during a one year describes the total amount of pages that can be
2 GB RAM for each CPU core, 4 GB for timeframe. Processing speed is not limited. processed. Processing power is not limited when
intensive processing, 2 GB for
Microsoft SQL Server Multiple processing stations and cores are licensing on a TPC licence scheme. An installed
Operating systems: allowed, which allows high-performance data cap- FlexiCapture Distributed PPY licence is a prerequisite
For servers: ture in your enterprise. when using a TPC licence in a customer project.
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows Server 2008 SP2 Add-on Stations and Modules
Windows Server 2008 R2
For stations: Additional stations for verification or scanning can
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista be added to a licence. Add-on modules like PDF-
SP2, Windows 7 export, additional language support for CJK, Thai
and Vietnamese or data export connectors to
Required external components
industry-leading backend applications. are available
Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or higher
as add-ons.
Internet Information Server version 6, 7
or 7.5
Crystal Reports Basic Runtime for Visual
Studio 2008 and 2010 x86 and x64
Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008 or
2008 R2
ABBYY Maintenance and Support
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9
Purchase of Maintenance and Support is mandatory when obtaining a FlexiCapture licence.
Input formats Maintenance and Support allows customers to retrieve updates, upgrade to the next version of
BMP, PCX, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, FlexiCapture and gives a customer access to ABBYY Technical Support. Maintenance must be
DjVu, DCX, PDFs (including PDF/A)
purchased in yearly increments. Details are outlined in the ABBYY Maintenance and Support policy.
Recognition languages
Please check www.ABBYY.com for a full
language list.
OCR: 186 languages, 42 with dictionary
support
ICR: 113 languages ABBYY Professional Services
OMR: Checkboxes, non-framed check- ABBYY offers professional services to help partners jump-start their projects or provide additional
boxes, bubbles
Barcodes: 1D-Barcodes including EAN,
expertise and support. Services include the creation of FlexiCapture document definitions,
Check, IATA, UCC and UPC and 2D FlexiLayout development, and additional services to help partners' success in their customer projects.
Barcodes including PDF417, AZTEC and
Data Matrix

Data export formats

XLS, DBF, CSV, TXT
Basic and advanced XML export ABBYY FlexiCapture Certification and Training
Database export via ODBC
To ensure the success of your projects, ABBYY offers additional training and certification programs
Export to Microsoft SharePoint 2010
for the FlexiCapture platform. Certification training courses are offered regularly. Please visit
Export to backend applications via
custom export scripts ABBYY's regional websites for training schedules.
Connectors to business applications

Image export/saving format:

BMP, PCX, PNG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, and ProcessFlows UK Ltd
TIFF Sheridan House, 40-43 Jewry Street,
Winchester, Hants SO23 8RY
Export for archiving to PDF and PDF/A Phone: 01962 835053 Fax: 01962 835100
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.processflows.co.uk

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