Aspose.OCR for Python via .NET 24.6.0 has been released for the Linux platform, and it offers excellent new features for your Python Optical Character Recognition applications.

US Passport Data Extraction on Linux

Efficiently extract important details, like names, birth dates, and passport numbers, from US passport images now possible with the new Country.USA recognition setting in this Python OCR API release.

Code Example:

# Instantiate Aspose.OCR API
api = ocr.AsposeOcr()
# Add image to the recognition batch
input = OcrInput(InputType.SINGLE_IMAGE)
input.add("us_passport.png")
# Enable US passport recognition
settings = ocr.PassportRecognitionSettings()
settings.country = ocr.Country.USA
# Extract passport details
result = api.recognize_passport(input, settings)
details = result[0].get_keywords()
for detail in details:
    print(detail.key)
    print(detail.value.text_in_line)

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Upgrade PDF Documents with Custom Fonts

Maintain consistency and enhance the visual appearance of your PDF documents on Linux by embedding custom fonts into the exported PDFs. Here is how to use this functionality in Python.

# Instantiate Aspose.OCR API
api = AsposeOcr()
# Add image to the recognition batch
input = OcrInput(InputType.PDF)
input.add("source.pdf")
# Recognize the image
results = api.recognize(input)
# Save recognition result
save_multipage_document("result.pdf", SaveFormat.PDF_NO_IMG, results, "fonts/AdobeMingStd-Light.otf")

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For more information about the public API changes and deprecations in this release, please visit the release notes page.

You can view the list of all new features, enhancements, and bug fixes introduced in this release by visiting Aspose.OCR for Python via .NET 24.6.0 Release Notes.