Unable to see Google OCR and Abbyy OCR in community version

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  1. Unable to see Google OCR and Abbyy OCR in community version.
    Is it expected or do i need to do anything to get them available?

  2. What is the difference between Google OCR and Google Cloud Vision OCR; similarly, Microsoft OCR and Microsoft Azure Computer Vision OCR and Microsoft Project Oxford Online OCR?
    In another words, those are just different types or do they have specific different purposes?

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Hi @gopal_1981

Have you installed uipath.intelligent.ocr.activities

Thanks
Ashwin.S

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Thanks @AshwinS2. I had not installed it; but now i did it.
However, It just added IntelligentOCR section with corresponding activities into the ‘Activities’ pane. OCR engines are same as earlier; no addition there.

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is it available now?

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No, not available

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just you have to type full Abby OCR like this!
and give a try

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which version you are using??

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it’s available for me
i’m using
Studio 2019.11.0-beta.2
Community Edition

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try installing this package UiPath.Abbyy.Activities

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Thanks @Pradeep_Shiv, might be it wasn’t there for 2019.10.3.
If it’s version issue/limitation then i can understand;
If I am missing something, then i need to correct myself. :slight_smile:

Anyways, I am more interested to know about this:
#2) What is the difference between Google OCR and Google Cloud Vision OCR; similarly, Microsoft OCR and Microsoft Azure Computer Vision OCR and Microsoft Project Oxford Online OCR?
In another words, those are just different types or do they have specific different purposes?

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  • Google OCR - This actually uses the open source Tesseract OCR Engine, so it is free to use. Also, this processing is done on the local machine where UiPath is running.
  • Google Cloud OCR - This requires a Google Cloud API Key, which has a free trial. More details here.
  • Microsoft OCR - This uses the MODI OCR Engine, which is also free to use, and the processing is done locally like Google OCR.
  • Microsoft Cloud OCR - This uses the Microsoft Computer Vision API, which is also free to sign up for. Details here.
  • Abbyy OCR - This requires you to install Abbyy FineReader on your local machine and purchase a license. Details here.
  • Abbyy Cloud OCR - This requires a subscription. Details here.

Google OCR - This is easy to use because it’s built into UiPath, but I found that it is the slowest option. Multi-page documents can take upwards of 30 seconds to get through.
Google Cloud OCR - This option is fast and accurate. I was able to create an API key and get it working with UiPath pretty quickly. I did have to turn on billing to get the API key to work, but they give you 1,000 pages per month for free, which was more than enough for what I was doing.
Microsoft OCR - This is similar to the built-in Google OCR option in that it’s free and easy to use. For some document types it was more accurate than Google OCR, but for others it was less accurate.
Microsoft Cloud OCR - I signed up for an API key, but I got an error in UiPath when I tried to use it. Based on some research I’ve done, I’m not the only one having this issue. It might have to do with some changes to Microsoft’s API that have not yet been reflected in UiPath.
Abbyy OCR - I downloaded a free trial of Abbyy FineReader to the machine I was using, and I was very impressed. FineReader can do lots of cool things including converting a scanned PDF to a searchable PDF or other document formats. Unfortunately, I was not able to get this option working with UiPath, and I’m not sure why.
Abbyy Cloud OCR - I signed up for a free trial of this service, and it was easy to get it working with UiPath. This option was fast and accurate like Google Cloud OCR. Abbyy really shines in the way it formats the output text – the text is spaced out to mimic the spacing of the original PDF, whereas most of these options simply output the text line by line.

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Got it after installing UiPath.Abbyy.Activities. Thanks @Pradeep_Shiv. I was not aware that we have to install it explicitly. I believe Somewhere in their video it’s mentioned that Google, Microsoft and Abbyy are default available.

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good, close this thread by marking it as a solution
cheers
@gopal_1981