Perceptive Software has announced the release of the latest edition of the company’s search technology, Document Filters 11, that software companies and service providers can embed into their own solutions. 

It delivers high definition (HD) document conversion and rendering capabilities that enable software developers to preserve all the original data, formatting and pagination of an unstructured document and export it for viewing, archival, analysis, manipulation, sharing or other purposes in their applications.

Document Filters 11 supports the most advanced export and output needs of software applications, converting unstructured information into images, multipage TIFFs, searchable PDFs, paginated HTML, structured XML, XHTML, text and proprietary formats.

It also enables software developers to add unique document redaction, markup and drawing features to their software with pixel-precise output control.

 This technology can identify, index and search every document, email, legacy, archive and container format required; it also analyses all text and metadata in a file with deep-inspection capability that even uncovers previously hidden information such as tracked changes, comments, notes, annotations and embedded web links.

Content is rendered, manipulated and viewed in HD without need for additional components (such as ActiveX).

Original files are replicated through a Layout Engine that maps out exact, pixel-by-pixel coordinates of text, images and objects (rather than relying on simple character positioning).

This pixel-by-pixel approach eliminates the need for a third-party image manipulation package, enabling the application of precise redaction marks, annotations, Bates stamps and watermarks to content during output.

Document Filters 11 can be embedded quickly and cost-effectively with flexible APIs for C, C++, COM, .NET and Java, for deployment across 20 platforms—including Mac OSX—with full support of character sets and encodings.

 “With eighty percent of enterprise content residing in unstructured documents, Document Filters 11 offers a powerful solution to the Big Data puzzle, extracting and transforming critical data for e-Discovery, data loss prevention, analytics and other information-driven routines,” said Brian Anderson, Chief Technology Officer for Perceptive Software.