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Create a new dictionary text file for RecoStar recognition

For RecoStar page and zone recognition, you can create your own dictionaries and store them in a newly created directory. Unlike dictionaries used elsewhere in the product, you have to create them manually and not via the Project Settings - Dictionaries tab.

Important The RecoStar recognition engine will be deprecated in the next release of Kofax TotalAgility. As a result, Kofax recommends that you use the OmniPage recognition profile for both page and zone recognition for all new projects. If you have existing projects that use one or more RecoStar profiles, it is also recommended that you modify those projects to use a comparable OmniPage profile.

Be sure that when you update a dictionary, you always save the project(s) that use this dictionary. That way you ensure that an updated dictionary is also used during production.

Note When you first select a newly created dictionary, a binary dictionary file with the same name but with an extension 'hex' is generated in the same directory.

You can create a dictionary text file to be used for RecoStar recognition by following these steps:

  1. Create a text file.
  2. Check the syntax of the text file as follows:
    1. Make sure that each entry of a dictionary is placed in a single line.
    2. Make sure that carriage return and linefeed (0x0D 0x0A) or linefeed (0x0A) end a line. (Whitespace at the end of a line is ignored.)
    3. Make sure that phrases consist of words in a line that are separated by single blanks.
    4. Use the file extension to specify the code page (since all entries are converted to uppercase letters). Allowed values are:

      CENTRALEUROPE: 'ce' or '1250'

      CYRILLIC: 'cy' or '1251'

      LATIN1: 'we' or '1252'

      GREEK: 'gr' or '1253'

      TURKISH: 'tr' or '1254'

      BALTIC: 'ba' or '1257'

      Note Unknown extensions are converted to LATIN1.