FlexiCapture 12 distributed administrator

Servers

CPU

Application Server: 2 GHz or faster with 2 cores

Other servers: 2 GHz or faster

Operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016

Note: To use a localized version of ABBYY FlexiCapture, make sure your operating system supports the corresponding GUI language..

RAM

At least 2 GB for each component

Note: An additional 4 GB RAM is required if Database Server is installed.

Disk space

  1. Application Server: 500 MB for installation
  2. Processing Server: 400 MB for installation
  3. Licensing Server: 100 MB for installation
  4. 2 GB for SQL server database
  5. Additional space is required for file storage

Browser

(to open Administration and Monitoring Console)

  • Internet Explorer 11

    Note: To ensure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the application server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.

  • Mozilla Firefox 50 or later (32-bit)
  • Google Chrome 55 or later (32-bit)

Other requirements

  1. The computer where the server is installed must be connected to your domain
  2. Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
  3. Internet Information Services 7 or higher
  4. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or higher (4.6 if you use Windows 10)
  5. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP4, 2008 R2 SP3, 2012 SP4, 2014 SP2, 2016 SP1, 2017. Additionally, Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 2012 or later is required for creating databases.
  6. Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable

Stations

CPU

2 GHz or faster

Operating system

  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2016 + Desktop Experience

Note: To use a localized version of ABBYY FlexiCapture, make sure your operating system supports the corresponding GUI language.

RAM

Project Setup Station, Verification Station, Data Verification Station: 2 GB

Processing Station: 2.5 GB for each CPU core

Scanning Station: 1 GB

Disk space

Scanning Station: 1 GB (including 200 MB for installation and sufficient disk space for scanned images)

Other Stations: 4 GB (including 2 GB for installation)

Other requirements

  1. Scanner with TWAIN, WIA or ISIS support
  2. Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
  3. The computer where the Station is installed must be connected to your domain
  4. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later
  5. Microsoft Office (version 2007 or later) or LibreOffice (version 4.0 or later)

HTML 5 Web Stations

CPU

1.6 GHz or faster

Operating system

  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8/8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2016 + Desktop Experience

Note: To use a localized version of ABBYY FlexiCapture, make sure your operating system supports the corresponding GUI language.

RAM

1 GB

Disk space

  • Sufficient space to install a browser
  • At least 100 MB for program operation
  • An additional 60 MB is required to install the ABBYY Scanning Plugin for the Web Scanning Station and the Web Capture Station.

Browser

  • Google Chrome 55 or later (32-bit)
    Security settings for Google Chrome:

    1. JavaScript = Allow all sites
    2. Plugins = Run automatically

      Note: All plugins are disabled by default. To enable a plugin, open chrome://plugins/ in the browser and select the “Always allowed” option for the desired plugin.

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
    Browser security settings: Internet Explorer medium-high protection level. Detailed required settings for Internet Explorer:

    1. Run ActiveX controls and plugins = Enable
    2. Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting = Enable
    3. Active scripting = Enable

      Note: To ensure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server, or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.

      Note: The Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10 that comes with Windows 8 is not supported.

  • Mozilla Firefox 50 or later (32-bit)
    Security settings for Mozilla Firefox:

    1. Java scripting = Enable
    2. Firefox will remember history (Options → Privacy)
  • Microsoft Edge 41 or later
    Security settings for Microsoft Edge:

    1. JavaScript = Allow all sites
    2. Plugins = Run automatically

      Note: ABBYY FlexiCapture works best with Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers.

Other requirements

  1. Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
  2. Web Scanning Station and Web Capture Station:
    1. Scanner supporting the TWAIN interface. WIA scanners can be accessed from the Station but they may not operate properly
    2. ABBYY Scanning Plugin (see below)

ABBYY Scanning Plugin

The table below lists the operating systems on which the ABBYY Scanning Plugin can be installed with various permissions:

ABBYY Scanning plugin

OS PERMISSIONS UAC EXE
Windows 7 SP1 Administrator Recommended  Y
No  Y
User Recommended  Y
No  Y
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Administrator Recommended  Y
No  Y
User Recommended  N
No  N
Windows 8.1 Administrator Recommended  Y
No  Y
User Recommended  Y
No Y
Windows Server 2012* Administrator Recommended  Y
No  Y
User Recommended  N
No  N
Windows Server 2012 R2 Administrator Recommended  Y
No  Y
User Recommended  N
No  N
Windows 10 Administrator Recommended  Y
No  Y
User Recommended Y
No  Y

* Note: To allow the ABBYY Scanning Plugin to be installed on Windows Server 2012, run the executable file Setup.exe as Administrator or change the security policy by setting the value of the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer DisableMSI to “0”.

For detailed instructions on how to install the ABBYY Scanning plugin, see Web Scanning Station Help or Web Capture Station Help.

Remote Verification Station

CPU

2 GHz or faster

Operating system

  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2016 + Desktop Experience

Note: To use a localized version of ABBYY FlexiCapture, make sure your operating system supports the corresponding GUI language.

RAM

1 GB

Disk space

400 MB

Other requirements

  • Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later

ClickOnce Scanning Station

CPU

2 GHz or faster

Operating system

  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server 2016 + Desktop Experience

Note: To use a localized version of ABBYY FlexiCapture, make sure your operating system supports the corresponding GUI language.

RAM

1 GB

Disk space

1 GB (including 90 MB for installation and sufficient space for scanned images). The size of downloadable file is 70 MB

Browser

For ClickOnce deployment:

  • Internet Explorer 11

    Note: To ensure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.

Other requirements

  1. Scanner with TWAIN, WIA or ISIS support
  2. Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
  3. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later

Virtual environments

The system has been tested on the following virtual machines:

  1. Virtual platforms that imitate physical machines:
  • VMWare Workstation (any version)
  • Hyper-V (any version)

    Note: Hyper-V version corresponds to the version of the operating system. Under Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V 6.0 is used.

    Note: Hyper-V virtual machines do not work with USB devices.

  • Oracle VirtualBox (any version)
  • VMWare ESXi (server included with VMWare vSphere, any version)
  1. Virtual platforms imitating workplaces / applications:
  • VMWare Horizon 5.2.0
  • Citrix XenApp 6.0
  1. Cloud services:
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon Cloud

FlexiCapture 12 standalone administrator

CPU

2 GHz or faster

Operating system

  • Windows 7 SP1

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows 10

Note: To use a localized version of ABBYY FlexiCapture, make sure your operating system supports the corresponding GUI language.

RAM

At least 2 GB

Disk space

4 GB (including 2 GB for installation)

Other requirements

  1. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later

    Note: Windows 2012R2 already includes .NET Framework 4.5.1 but you will need to install ASP.NET 4.5. You can look up the version of your .NET Framework in the registry. Please visit this Microsoft web page for detailed instructions.

  2. Microsoft Office (version 2007 or later) or LibreOffice (version 4.0 or later)

  3. Scanner with TWAIN, WIA or ISIS support

Formats and languages

Supported recognition languages

FlexiCapture supports over 200 recognition languages in all combinations. Dictionary support is available for 63 languages marked with ×. ICR is available for 130 languages marked with ×:

Abkhaz
Adyghe
Afrikaans×
Agul
Albanian×
Altai
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)×
Armenian (Eastern)×
Armenian (Grabar)×
Armenian (Western)×
Avar
Aymara×
Azeri (Cyrillic)
Azeri (Latin)××
Bashkir×
Basque×
Belarusian
Bemba×
Blackfoot×
Breton×
Bugotu×
Bulgarian××
Burmese
Buryat×
Catalan×
Cebuano×
Chamorro×
Chechen
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Chukchee
Chuvash
Corsican×
Crimean Tatar×
Croatian××
Crow×
Czech××
Danish××
Dargwa
Dungan
Dutch (Netherlands)××
Dutch (Belgian)××
English××
Eskimo (Cyrillic)
Eskimo (Latin)
Esperanto
Estonian××
Even×
Evenki×
Faroese
Farsi×
Fijian×
Finnish××
French××
Frisian×
Friulian×
Gagauz
Galician×
Ganda×
Georgian
German××
German (Luxembourg)×
German (new spelling)××
Greek××
Guarani×
Hani×
Hausa
Hawaiian×
Hebrew×
Hungarian××
Icelandic
Ido×
Indonesian××
Ingush
Interlingua×
Irish×
Italian××
Japanese×
Japanese (modern)
Jingpo
Kabardian
Kalmyk
Karachay-Balkar×
Karakalpak
Kashubian×
Kawa×
Kazakh×
Khakass
Khanty
Kikuyu
Kirghiz×
Kongo×
Korean×
Korean (Hangul)×
Koryak
Kpelle×
Kumyk×
Kurdish×
Lak
Latin××
Latvian××
Latvian Gothic
Lezgin
Lithuanian××
Luba×
Macedonian
Malagasy×
Malay (Malaysian)
Malinke×
Maltese
Mansi
Maori×
Mari
Maya×
Miao×
Minangkabau×
Mohawk×
Mongol×
Mordvin×
Nahuatl×
Nenets×
Nivkh×
Nogay×
Norwegian (Bokmal)××
Norwegian (Nynorsk)××
Nyanja×
Occidental
Occitan
Ojibway×
Old English××
Old French××
Old German××
Old Italian××
Old Slavonic
Old Spanish××
Ossetian
Papiamento×
Pinyin
Polish××
Portuguese××
Portuguese (Brazil)××
Quechua (Bolivia)×
Rhaeto-Romanic×
Romanian××
Romanian (Moldavia)×
Romany×
Rundi×
Russian××
Russian (old spelling)×
Russian with accent
Rwanda×
Sami (Lappish)×
Samoan×
Scottish Gaelic×
Selkup×
Serbian (Cyrillic)×
Serbian (Latin)×
Shona
Slovak××
Slovenian××
Somali×
Sorbian
Sotho×
Spanish××
Sunda
Swahili×
Swazi×
Swedish××
Tabassaran
Tagalog×
Tahitian×
Tajik×
Tatar×
Thai×
Tok Pisin×
Tongan×
Tswana×
Tun×
Turkish××
Turkmen (Cyrillic)
Turkmen (Latin)×
Tuvinian×
Udmurt
Uighur (Cyrillic)
Uighur (Latin)×
Ukrainian××
Uzbek (Cyrillic)
Uzbek (Latin)×
Vietnamese×
Welsh
Wolof×
Xhosa×
Yakut
Yiddish
Zapotec×
Zulu

Supported user interface languages

flag-chinese-simplified
Chinese (Simplified)
flag-czech
Czech
flag-english
English
flag-french
French
flag-german
German
flag-hungarian
Hungarian
flag-japanese
Japanese
flag-korean
Korean
flag-polish
Polish
flag-brazil
Portuguese (Brazilian)
flag-russian
Russian
flag-spanish
Spanish
flag-serbian
Serbian

Supported text types

Typographic, laser and ink-jet printers

Texts printed at a print shop, on a laser printer, or on an ink-jet printer.

Typewriter

Typewritten texts.

Matrix printer

Texts printed on a dot-matrix printer.

Index

A special set of characters that includes only digits written in ZIP-code style. They look as follows:

OCR-A

A monospaced font designed for Optical Character Recognition. Largely used by banks, credit card companies, and similar businesses. It may look as follows:

OCR-B

A font designed for Optical Character Recognition. It may look as follows:

MICR E-13B

A special set of numeric characters printed with special magnetic ink. MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) characters are found in a variety of places, including personal checks. It may look as follows:

MICR CMC-7

A special MICR barcode font (CMC-7). It may look as follows:

Supported barcode types

Australia Post
Aztec
Codabar
Codabar with checksum
Code 128
Code 32
Code 39
Code 39 with checksum
Code 39 with asterisk
Code 93
DataMatrix
EAN 13
EAN 8
IATA 25
Industrial 25
Intelligent Mail
Interleaved 25
Interleaved 25 with checksum
Matrix 25
Patch Code
PDF 417
Postnet

QRCode

  • QR code (Version 1-40)
  • Micro QR Code (Version M1-M4)
UCC-128
UPC A
UPC E

Supported formats

Input formats

Office files: *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf, *.htm/*.html, *.txt, *.odt, *.xls, *.xlsx, *.ods, *.ppt, *.pptx, *.odp

Image files: Adobe PDF, ​DjVu, GIF, JBIG2, JPEG, JPEG 2000, Microsoft HD Photo​, PCX, PNG, TIFF, WIC-compatible, Windows Bitmap, XPS​

Export file formats

Data export formats: XLS, DBF, CSV, TXT, XML​​

Image export formats: TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PDF/A (Standard allows you to select the version of the format standard. By default, the version of the standard is detected automatically. For PDF/A the following standard versions are available: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2u, 3a, 3b, 3u​​), BMP, JPEG2000, PCX packbits, PNG​​