OCR comparison. Windows versus Linux
The document describes the differences between OCR for Windows and Linux.
Licensing
| Windows | Linux | |
|---|---|---|
| License type | trial license | runtime license |
| License activation | not required | required |
Architecture
| Windows | Linux | |
|---|---|---|
| Scaling | not supported | supported |
| Process images | synchronously | asynchronously |
Data storage |
in memory | in DB |
Rest API
| Windows | Linux | |
|---|---|---|
| /submitImage | + |
+ |
| /submitPattern | + | + |
| /processImage | + | + |
| /processDocument | + | + |
| /getTaskStatus | + | + |
| /download | + | + |
/cleanup |
+ | + |
/summary |
- | + |
/cancelTasks |
- | + |
/trainPattern |
+ (available from v.9.0.0.1) |
+ |
/activeLicense |
+ | + |
| /listLicenses | + | + |
/prepareLicense |
- | + |
/activateLicense |
- | + |
OCR recognition capability
| Windows | Linux | |
|---|---|---|
OMR (Optical Mark Recognition, i.e. check boxes and radio buttons) |
+ |
- |
ICR (Handprint Recognition) |
- (available, not supported) |
- |
| Barcodes recognition | + (limited with license) | + (limited with license) |