A2iA releases CheckReader 3.9

A2iA has released Version 3.9 of its check recognition toolkit, A2iA CheckReader. The company says the new offering delivers higher recognition rates, improved check image quality and image usability analysis tools, as well as readiness for the Canadian Check Truncation requirements. A2iA has also completed its regional adaptations of the internal engines, resulting in support for two major check-processing markets, India and South Africa.

The company says V. 3.9 uses the newly expanded capabilities of A2iA’s character and word recognition engines to analyze and extract additional information from check images. The results, A2iA claims, will help the fight against check fraud, bring additional customer relationship management data, and automate the classification, reconciling and recording of customers’ everyday payments from all types of paper-based payments.

A2iA CheckReader 3.9’s improved check-image quality and usability analysis addresses the needs of the new users rather than just those of the financial institutions. Invalidity detectors are implemented for the back of U.S. checks, plus tools--such as a comparison of payer name image with the reference check stock--allow checks to be processed at the point-of-presentment as well as anywhere that a desktop or consumer scanner is available, with fewer rejects, fewer unread checks and more embedded functionality.