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Aspose.OCR for Python via .NET 23.5.0 - Release Notes

This article contains a summary of recent changes, enhancements and bug fixes in Aspose.OCR for Python via .NET 23.5.0 (May 2023) release.

What was changed

Key	Summary	Category
OCRPY‑24	Improved fast recognition method.	Enhancement
OCRPY‑24	Improved specialized recognition methods: `recognize_receipt`, `recognize_invoice`, `recognize_id_card`, `recognize_passport`, `recognize_car_plate`. See Updated public APIs for details.	Enhancement

Public API changes and backwards compatibility

This section lists all public API changes introduced in Aspose.OCR for Python via .NET 23.5.0 that may affect the code of existing applications.

Added public APIs:

The following public APIs have been introduced in this release:

`recognize_fast(images)`

This method reads a single image in the fastest possible mode and returns a string with extracted text.

Fast recognition only works with high-quality scans without skew or distortion. However, you can preprocess an image before sending it to the OCR engine.

Updated public APIs:

The following public APIs have been introduced in this release:

`recognize_receipt(input)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned receipts using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_receipt(input, settings)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned receipts using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_invoice(input)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned or photographed invoices using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_invoice(input, settings)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned or photographed invoices using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_id_card(input)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned or photographed ID cards using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_id_card(input, settings)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned or photographed ID cards using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_passport(input)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned or photographed passports using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_passport(input, settings)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from scanned or photographed passports using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_car_plate(input)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from vehicle license plate image using a specialized AI model.

`recognize_car_plate(input, settings)`

Compatibility: fully backward compatible.

This method extracts text from vehicle license plate image using a specialized AI model.

Removed public APIs:

No changes.

Examples

The examples below illustrates the changes introduced in this release:

Receipt recognition

api = AsposeOcr()
input = OcrInput(InputType.SINGLE_IMAGE)
input.add("Images/receipt.jpg")
result = api.recognize_receipt(input)
print(result[0].recognition_text)