Question:
Could you explain what the difference is between an OCR solution and an OCR engine? Is it the same thing?

Answer:
The two terms are very closely related. An OCR solution is usually a toolkit that contains multiple capabilities, the most important one being OCR itself. Such a toolkit is powered by an OCR engine, which is the technology that performs the character recognition process. An example of this is Maestro Recognition Server, which is a server-based OCR solution that is powered by the most accurate English OCR engine available.

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