is OCR processed locally?  SOLVED

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UserDE
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is OCR processed locally?

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Hello PDF-XChange Team,

I would like to know, if the current enhanced OCR plugin (the new OCR Plug-In by ABBYY) is processing locally on the system or does it use any network/server infrastructure?
I've seen the thread Data Privacy, but I'm not sure, if it's up to date and valid for the (current) enhanced OCR plugin.

Thanks in advance for your answer.
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Re: is OCR processed locally?  SOLVED

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Hello, UserDE

Yes, all data is processed on your device locally, no files of yours are ever sent to our servers unless it was a clearly manually initiated process, like using the "report a bug" feature.
The same applies to third party services like sharepoint, or Docusign, you need to manually sign into those services before access to them is facilitated through the intentional use of those related features.

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Re: is OCR processed locally?

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Great!
Thank you very much for your answer. (:

Sincere regards,
UserDE
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:)
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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