Microsoft has announced forthcoming support for PDF/UA, the ISO standard for accessible PDF, in its core SQL Server 2019 Reporting Services product.

Enterprise search developer BA Insight has announced availability of AutoClassifier 5.0, which includes Natural Language Processing to automate extracting key information from documents. The information is then used to generate summaries and categorize and tag all of your enterprise information, including images and videos.

SafeGuard Cyber has announced a new capability to secure conversations in WeChat, providing security and realtime compliance protection for businesses that use the mobile messaging application.

iText Group has launched iText DITO, developed in order to reduce the time-consuming complexities that many developers face when creating and maintaining data-driven PDF templates.

Accusoft has released new libraries that allow UiPath, the enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company, to enable users with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities in the cloud. The libraries are now available on UiGo!, UiPath's online marketplace. 

Google Photos has quietly introduced a new feature that provides automatic character recognition on all your photos and screenshots. This lets you search your Google Photos library by any text string and copy and paste the results into a document or form.

Linklaters LLP, the giant London-headquartered global law firm, has launched MatterExplorer, an AI-powered search and knowledge management system, reducing search time for the firm’s 750,000 legal documents from hours to seconds. Since MatterExplorer launched, Linklaters has run more than 185,000 searches. If each of those searches saved just five minutes of time, more than 15,000 hours have been saved across the firm in the last 6 months.

Automation Anywhere, provider of a robotic process automation (RPA) platform, has acquired Klevops, a privately-held company based in Paris.

Canon Australia Business Process Outsourcing subsidiary, Converga, has announced the addition of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as a Service to its BPO platform.

Text analytics software company ayfie has announced a $US10M funding round to accelerate its growth and extend its product offerings building on its reach in the legal tech sector and financial tech markets. This is the second investment round after the initial funding in June 2017.