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           Product
           Description

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           PRODUCT NAME:  DECimage Character Recognition Services SPD
           34.24.00                for VMS, Version 1.0

           DESCRIPTION

           DECimage Character Recognition Services for VMS is a set of
           runtime services for the recognition and conversion of text
           information contained in bitonal images. Images can be scanned
           documents or existing bitonal image files. It provides a language-
           independent programmable interface that is used in conjunc-
           tion with DECimage Application Services to develop image ap-
           plications that include character recognition. DECimage Char-
           acter Recognition Services also provides the runtime envi-
           ronment for these applications.

           DECimage Character Recognition Services supports a subset
           of the ISO LATIN-1 character set. It recognizes most com-
           mon European languages and a broad range of fonts in a broad
           range of font sizes. It converts recognized text into ASCII,
           DDIF, or PostScript format. Converted text can be used by
           text-based editors, forms packages, indexing systems, and
           electronic mail.

           DECimage Character Recognition Services can process an en-
           tire image for character recognition or specified regions
           of interest.

           DECimage Character Recognition Services provides the fol-
           lowing classes of services:

           Page Segmentation Services



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           DECimage Character Recognition Services     SPD 34.24.00
           for VMS, Version 1.0

           Separates regions of the image containing text from regions
           that do not contain text. Non-text regions may consist of
           white or black space or graphics. Only areas determined to
           be text regions are further processed by Text Recognition
           Services.

           Text Recognition Services

           These services examine text regions to determine character
           information within the region. These services also derive
           font style and font size information for the region.

           Page Formatting Services

           Groups the individual recognized characters into words, para-
           graphs, and columns on a page.

           Text Export Services

           Converts the text information into ASCII, DDIF, or PostScript
           format for use by other applications.

           Structure Access Services

           Allows applications to extract information such as region
           boundaries or individual words from a page structure. Also
           allows deleting regions of the page that are not of inter-
           est.

           Postprocessing Services

           Performs housekeeping functions such as deleting buffers or
           structures created during the recognition process.

           HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

           VAX, MicroVAX, VAXstation, or VAXserver configurations as
           specified in the System Support Addendum (SSA 34.24.00-x).



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           DECimage Character Recognition Services     SPD 34.24.00
           for VMS, Version 1.0

           SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

           VMS Operating System (and necessary components of VMS DECwin-
           dows)
           DECimage Application Services for VMS (required for devel-
           opment)

           Refer to the System Support Addendum (SSA 34.24.00-x) for
           availability and required versions of prerequisite/optional
           software and for information regarding components of VMS DECwin-
           dows.

           ORDERING INFORMATION

           Software Licenses: QL-GJFA*-**
           Software Media and Documentation: QA-GJFAA-H*
           Software Documentation: QA-GJFAA-GZ
           Software Product Services: QT-GJFA*-**

           *  Denotes variant fields. For additional information on avail-
              able licenses, services, and media, refer to the appro-
              priate price book.

           SOFTWARE LICENSING

           This software is furnished under the licensing provisions
           of Digital Equipment Corporation's Standard Terms and Con-
           ditions. For more information about Digital's licensing terms
           and policies, contact your local Digital office.

           LICENSE MANAGEMENT FACILITY SUPPORT

           This layered product supports the VMS License Management Fa-
           cility.

           License units for this product are allocated on a CPU-capacity
           basis.




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           DECimage Character Recognition Services     SPD 34.24.00
           for VMS, Version 1.0

           For more information on the License Management Facility, re-
           fer to the VMS Operating System Software Product Descrip-
           tion (SPD 25.01.xx) or the License Management Facility man-
           ual of the VMS Operating System documentation set.

           For more information about Digital's licensing terms and poli-
           cies, contact your local Digital office.

           SOFTWARE PRODUCT SERVICES

           A variety of service options are available from Digital. For
           more information, contact your local Digital office.

           SOFTWARE WARRANTY

           Warranty for this software product is provided by Digital
           with the purchase of a license for the product as defined
           in the Software Warranty Addendum of this SPD.

              PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Sys-
               tems, Incorporated.

           [TM]The DIGITAL Logo, CI, DEC, DECimage, DECwindows,
               DECwrite, MicroVAX, TK, VAX, VAXcluster, VAXft,
               VAXserver, VAXstation, VMS, VR150, and VR160 are
               trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.















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