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Release Notes

v3.1.1.7​

Added

  • Added support for .NET Framework v4.7.2 runtime compatibility.
  • Integrated the latest version of the akaBot OCR engine to optimize speed and character recognition accuracy for low-resolution screen captures.
  • Added the new Get OCR Text With Anchor activity to allow robust text extraction relative to target labels/anchors.
  • Added support for Grab Region under Get OCR Text With Anchor options to fine-tune extraction zones.

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixed a bug in Find OCR Text Position where special characters in search queries caused incorrect coordinate offset calculation.
  • Resolved memory leaks in the Load Image activity when reading multiple high-resolution files sequentially.
  • Fixed UI rendering issues for the Tesseract OCR engine configuration properties panel in akaBot Studio.

v3.1.0.0​

Added

  • Added the Microsoft Windows 10 OCR engine support as a default offline alternative.
  • Improved search accuracy for the Text Exists OCR activity when matching multi-line strings.

v2.0.0.0​

Added

  • Added compatibility with cloud-based OCR providers: Google Cloud OCR and Microsoft Azure OCR.
  • Introduced key modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Win) in the Click OCR Text activity.

v1.0.0.0​

Added

  • Initial release of the OCR Local Server activity package (RCA.Activities.OCRLocalServer).
  • Core activities introduced:
    • OCR Scope (context container)
    • Load Image (image loader)
    • Get OCR Text (scraping text)
    • Find OCR Text Position (coordinate search)
    • Click OCR Text (click-to-text integration)
    • Hover OCR Text (hover-to-text integration)
    • Text Exists OCR (logical text validation)
  • Default local engines:
    • Tesseract OCR (integrated offline OCR engine)