SmartZone v6.0 for .NET - Updated
SmartZone ICR/OCR allow one or more character sets to be defined using the CharacterSet class (ICR: CharacterSet; OCR: CharacterSet). SmartZone ICR/OCR provide Add (ICR: Add; OCR: Add) and Remove (ICR: Remove; OCR: Remove) methods to add or remove single or multiple characters in a string and/or predefined character sets to your current character set collection, creating subsets as needed.
To see if a character is in the current Character Set, use the Contains method (ICR: Contains; OCR: Contains).
You have the choice of multiple language support including the following:
English
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
French
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÀÇÈÉÊËÎÏÔÙÛÜàâçèéêëîïôùûü€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÀÂÇÈÉÊËÎÏÔÙÛàâçèéêëîïôùûŒœ–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Spanish
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¡¢£¥«»¿ÁÉÍÑÓÚÜáéíñóúü€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢£¤¥¦§©ª«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾¿ÁÇÈÉÍÑÒÓÚÜáçèéíñòóúü–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Italian
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÀÈÉÌÒÙàèéìòù€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÀÈÉÌÒÓÙàèéìòóù–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
German
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÄÖÜßäöü„€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÄÉÖ×Üßäéö÷ü–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Dutch
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥ÀÁÄ ÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÖÙÚÛÜàáâäçèéêëìíîïñòóöùúü€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÈÉÊËÏÖÜèéêëïöüÿŸ–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Portuguese
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥ÀÁ ÇÈÉÊÍÒÓÔÕÚÜàáâçèéêíòóôõúü€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÀÁÂÃÇÉÊÍÒÓÔÕÚÜàáâãçéêíòóôõúü–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Norwegian
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÅÆØåæø€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÅÆÉØåæéø–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Finnish
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÄÅÖäåö€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÄÅÖäåö–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Danish
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÅÆØåæø„€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÅÆÉØåæéø–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Swedish
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¢£¥«»ÄÅÖäåö€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¢£¤¥¦§©«¬®°±²³´·¹º»¼½¾ÄÅÉÖäåéö–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
Western European
| Characters | |
| ICR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¡¢£¥«»¿ÀÁÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜßàáâäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûü„€ |
| OCR | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿŒœŠšŸŽžƒˆ˜–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
For best recognition accuracy results, set the character set to the narrowest set possible, including all possible returned values, then limit any possible returns by applying predefined character sets listed here. Character sets are used to limit (reduce) possible returned values once a universe of possible returned values is defined.
For example, since é is not included in the English language, in order to accurately read the word "Résumé", you could either:
You could improve recognition further by omitting any other characters you do not expect to encounter.
There are 12 additional predefined character sets available as properties:
AllAlphas
Includes all upper and lower case alpha characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: AllAlphas | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzÀÁ ÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûü |
| OCR: AllAlphas | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzªµºÀÁ ÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿŒœŠšŸŽžƒˆ |
AllCharacters
Includes all upper and lower case alpha, all digits, punctuation, currency and arithmetic characters.
Note that [ and ] are omitted from ICR.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: AllCharacters | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}¡¢£¥«»¿ÀÁÂÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜßàáâäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûü„€ |
| OCR: AllCharacters | !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿŒœŠšŸŽžƒˆ˜–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™ |
AlphaNumeric
Includes all upper and lower case alpha and digit characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: AlphaNumeric | 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzÀÁ ÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûü |
| OCR: AlphaNumeric | 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzª²³µ¹º¼½¾ÀÁ ÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿŒœŠšŸŽžƒˆ |
Arithmetic
Includes all digits, arithmetic and arithmetic punctuation characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: Arithmetic | %()*+,-./0123456789<=> |
| OCR: Arithmetic | %()*+,-./0123456789<=>|~¬±×÷ |
ArithmeticSymbols
Includes all arithmetic characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: ArithmeticSymbols | +<=> |
| OCR: ArithmeticSymbols | +<=>|~¬±×÷ |
Currency
Includes all digits, currency and currency punctuation characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: Currency | $',-.0123456789=¢£¥€ |
| OCR: Currency | $',-.0123456789=¢£¤¥€ |
CurrencySymbols
Includes all currency characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: CurrencySymbols | $¢£¥€ |
| OCR: CurrencySymbols | $¢£¤¥€ |
Digits
Includes all digits characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: Digits | 0123456789 |
| OCR: Digits | 0123456789 |
LowerCase
Includes only lower case alpha characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: LowerCase | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûü |
| OCR: LowerCase | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzªµºßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿœšžƒ |
PhoneNumber
Includes only phone number characters.
The phone number's extension can be preceded by the individual characters x or X. You can also precede the extension with ext or EXT.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: PhoneNumber | ()+-./0123456789ETXetx |
| OCR: PhoneNumber | ()+-./0123456789ETXetx |
Punctuation
Includes only punctuation characters.
Note that [ and ] are omitted from SmartZone ICR.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: Punctuation | !"#%&'()*,-./:;?@\_{|}¡¿«»„ |
| OCR: Punctuation | !"#%&'()*,-./:;?@[\]^_`{}¡¦§¨©«®¯°´¶·¸»¿˜–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›™ |
UpperCase
Includes only upper case alpha characters.
| Character Set | Characters |
| ICR: UpperCase | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜ |
| OCR: UpperCase | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞŒŠŸŽ |
Optimal recognition results are obtained by using the character set that includes all and only the characters that potentially are encountered.
The ability to modify character sets into subsets to increase accuracy, confidence and speed is available in SmartZone using the following methods: