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Aspose.OCR for Java 23.11.0 - Release Notes

This article contains a summary of recent changes, enhancements and bug fixes in Aspose.OCR for Java 23.11.0 (November 2023) release.

GPU version: 23.11.0

What was changed

Key	Summary	Category
OCRJAVA‑343	Deprecated classes, methods and properties have been removed to simplify the API.	Enhancement

Public API changes and backwards compatibility

This section lists all public API changes introduced in Aspose.OCR for Java 23.11.0 that may affect the code of existing applications.

Added public APIs:

No changes.

Updated public APIs:

No changes.

Removed public APIs:

BACKWARD INCOMPATIBILITY!

All classes, methods and properties mentioned below have been deprecated in favor of the new API introduces in the version 23.3.0. Please update your code according to the recommendations.

The following public APIs have been removed in Aspose.OCR for Java 23.11.0 release:

Deprecated API	Replacement
`CalcSkewImage()` methods	Use universal `CalculateSkew()` method.
`CalcSkewImageFromUri()` method	Use universal `CalculateSkew()` method.
`PreprocessImage()` methods	Use `Render()` and `Save()` methods.
`RecognizePage()` methods	Use universal `Recognize()` method.
`RecognizePageFromUri()` methods	Use universal `Recognize()` method.
`RecognizeMultiplePages()` methods	Use universal `Recognize()` method.
`RecognizeTiff()` methods	Use universal `Recognize()` method.
`RecognizePdf()` methods	Use universal `Recognize()` method.
`RecognizePageFast()` method	Use `RecognizeFast()` method.
`RecognizeLine()` methods	Use universal `CalculateSkew()` method with `setRecognizeSingleLine(true)` recognition setting.
`getTextAreas()` methods	See Working with image regions for modern approach to bounding boxes detection.
`AsposeOCR(String alphabet)` constructor	Define the list of allowed characters through the `AllowedSymbols` recognition setting.
`DocumentRecognitionSettings` class	Use universal image recognition settings.
`setDetectAreas()` recognition setting	Disable the document areas detection or override the default detection mode with `setDetectAreasMode()` recognition setting.
`setAutoSkew()` recognition setting	Use separate image preprocessing filters.
`setSkew()` recognition setting	Use separate image preprocessing filters.
`setThresholdValue()` recognition setting	Use separate image preprocessing filters.
`setAutoContrast()` recognition setting	Use separate image preprocessing filters.
`setAutoDenoising()` recognition setting	Use separate image preprocessing filters.
`setPreprocessingFilters()` recognition setting	Use separate image preprocessing filters.