Release Notes

v3.1.0.1

Added

Added support for .NET Framework v4.7.2 runtime.
Improved digitization performance and memory management during large document processing in the Digitize Document activity.
Enhanced template matching accuracy and layout alignment rules in the Form Extractor activity.
Updated OpenCV dependencies to improve image preprocessing for OCR engines.

Bugs Fixed

Fixed configuration string parsing validation errors in the Regular Expression Extractor activity when handling escaped JSON characters.
Resolved UI threading lock issues when configuring taxonomy fields in akaBot Studio.

Bugs Fixed

Fixed a schema verification bug in the Export Extraction Results activity when exporting confidence scores to a DataTable.
Resolved occasional NullReferenceException inside Data Extraction Scope when receiving corrupted DOM output from the digitization step.

Added

Added support for custom confidence thresholds per field in the Data Extraction Scope activity.
Enhanced error messaging for invalid document paths inside Digitize Document.

Added

Initial release of the Intelligent OCR activity package (RCA.Activities.OCR).
Core activities introduced:
- Digitize Document (to extract DOM and text using OCR engines)
- Data Extraction Scope (to coordinate data extraction)
- Export Extraction Results (to convert extraction results to a standard DataSet)
Core extractors introduced:
- Form Extractor (coordinates-based extraction for fixed layouts)
- Regular Expression Extractor (pattern-based extraction)