/// <summary>
/// Recognizes the form with OCR fields.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="formRecognitionManager">The form recognition manager.</param>
/// <param name="image">The image.</param>
public static void RecognizeFormWithOcrFields(
    Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognitionManager formRecognitionManager,
    Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage image)
{
    // check whether OCR engine manager of the OCR field templates is initialized
    // (this initialization can be moved to the start of your application)
    if (Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrFieldTemplate.OcrEngineManager == null)
    {
        // get or create text OCR engine
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngine textOcrEngine = GetOcrEngine();

        // create Handwritten digits OCR engine
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngine handwrittenDigitsOcrEngine = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.ML.HandwrittenDigits.HandwrittenDigitsOcrEngine();

        // create and set OCR engine manager of the OCR field templates
        Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrFieldTemplate.OcrEngineManager = 
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngineManager(textOcrEngine, handwrittenDigitsOcrEngine);
    }

    // recognize filled form in an image
    Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognitionResult recognitionResult = 
        formRecognitionManager.Recognize(image);

    // get the result of image comparison
    Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.TemplateMatching.ImageImprintCompareResult imageCompareResult =
        recognitionResult.TemplateMatchingResult.ImageCompareResult;
    // if result is not reliable
    if (!imageCompareResult.IsReliable)
    {
        // matching template is not found
        System.Console.WriteLine("Matching template is not found.");
    }
    else
    {
        // get recognized page
        Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.FormPage recognizedPage = recognitionResult.RecognizedPage;
        // get form field count
        if (recognizedPage.Items.Count == 0)
        {
            System.Console.WriteLine("No form fields were recognized.");
        }
        else
        {
            System.Console.WriteLine(string.Format(
                "Recognized form field count: {0}",
                recognizedPage.Items.Count));
            // for each recognized form field
            foreach (Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.FormField recognizedField in recognizedPage.Items)
            {
                if (recognizedField is Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrField)
                {
                    Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrField ocrField = 
                        (Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrField)recognizedField;
                    // write field info
                    System.Console.WriteLine(string.Format(
                        "  OCR field: name: {0}; value: {1}; confidence: {2:F1}%",
                        ocrField.Name,
                        ocrField.Value,
                        ocrField.Confidence * 100));
                    Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Results.OcrPage ocrResult = ocrField.OcrResult;
                    // get all words
                    Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Results.OcrObject[] words = ocrResult.GetWords(75, 75);
                    // write words info
                    for (int i = 0; i < words.Length; i++)
                    {
                        Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Results.OcrObject word = words[i];
                        System.Console.WriteLine(string.Format(
                            "    OCR word: {0}; confidence: {1:F1}%",
                            word.ToString(),
                            word.Confidence));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the OCR engine used for OCR field recognition.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// To create a Tesseract OCR engine,
/// add a reference to Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Tesseract.dll
/// into your project.
/// </remarks>
private static Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngine GetOcrEngine()
{
    // full path to the Tesseract5.Vintasoft.xXX.dll files
    // NOTE: specify here the actual path to the Tesseract OCR dll files
    string tesseractDllDirectory = @"C:\Program Files\VintaSoft\VintaSoft Imaging .NET\Bin\TesseractOCR\";
    // create Tesseract OCR engine (Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Tesseract.dll is required)
    return new Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Tesseract.TesseractOcr(tesseractDllDirectory);
}

''' <summary>
''' Recognizes the form with OCR fields.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="formRecognitionManager">The form recognition manager.</param>
''' <param name="image">The image.</param>
Public Shared Sub RecognizeFormWithOcrFields(formRecognitionManager As Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognitionManager, image As Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage)
    ' check whether OCR engine manager of the OCR field templates is initialized
    ' (this initialization can be moved to the start of your application)
    If Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrFieldTemplate.OcrEngineManager Is Nothing Then
        ' get or create text OCR engine
        Dim textOcrEngine As Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngine = GetOcrEngine()

        ' create Handwritten digits OCR engine
        Dim handwrittenDigitsOcrEngine As Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngine = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.ML.HandwrittenDigits.HandwrittenDigitsOcrEngine()

        ' create and set OCR engine manager of the OCR field templates
        Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrFieldTemplate.OcrEngineManager = New Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngineManager(textOcrEngine, handwrittenDigitsOcrEngine)
    End If

    ' recognize filled form in an image
    Dim recognitionResult As Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognitionResult = formRecognitionManager.Recognize(image)

    ' get the result of image comparison
    Dim imageCompareResult As Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.TemplateMatching.ImageImprintCompareResult = recognitionResult.TemplateMatchingResult.ImageCompareResult
    ' if result is not reliable
    If Not imageCompareResult.IsReliable Then
        ' matching template is not found
        System.Console.WriteLine("Matching template is not found.")
    Else
        ' get recognized page
        Dim recognizedPage As Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.FormPage = recognitionResult.RecognizedPage
        ' get form field count
        If recognizedPage.Items.Count = 0 Then
            System.Console.WriteLine("No form fields were recognized.")
        Else
            System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Recognized form field count: {0}", recognizedPage.Items.Count))
            ' for each recognized form field
            For Each recognizedField As Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.FormField In recognizedPage.Items
                If TypeOf recognizedField Is Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrField Then
                    Dim ocrField As Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrField = DirectCast(recognizedField, Vintasoft.Imaging.FormsProcessing.FormRecognition.Ocr.OcrField)
                    ' write field info
                    System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("  OCR field: name: {0}; value: {1}; confidence: {2:F1}%", ocrField.Name, ocrField.Value, ocrField.Confidence * 100))
                    Dim ocrResult As Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Results.OcrPage = ocrField.OcrResult
                    ' get all words
                    Dim words As Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Results.OcrObject() = ocrResult.GetWords(75, 75)
                    ' write words info
                    For i As Integer = 0 To words.Length - 1
                        Dim word As Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Results.OcrObject = words(i)
                        System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("    OCR word: {0}; confidence: {1:F1}%", word.ToString(), word.Confidence))
                    Next
                End If
            Next
        End If
    End If
End Sub

''' <summary>
''' Gets the OCR engine used for OCR field recognition.
''' </summary>
''' <remarks>
''' To create a Tesseract OCR engine,
''' add a reference to Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Tesseract.dll
''' into your project.
''' </remarks>
Private Shared Function GetOcrEngine() As Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.OcrEngine
    ' full path to the Tesseract5.Vintasoft.xXX.dll files
    ' NOTE: specify here the actual path to the Tesseract OCR dll files
    Dim tesseractDllDirectory As String = "C:\Program Files\VintaSoft\VintaSoft Imaging .NET\Bin\TesseractOCR\"
    ' create Tesseract OCR engine (Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Tesseract.dll is required)
    Return New Vintasoft.Imaging.Ocr.Tesseract.TesseractOcr(tesseractDllDirectory)
End Function