Capture 5.5 comes packaged with an XML auto-import controller.
Ascent Capture COM Interface. The built-in COM interface enables you to modify the Ascent Capture user interface via Visual Basic, Visual C++, or any language that supports COM.

Database Lookup Interface. This new interface lets you set up sophisticated database lookups without scripting.
Flexible Export Options. Ascent Capture exports to workflow and content management systems via release modules written in Visual Basic. You can choose from Kofax's unrivaled library of release modules, or you can use our source code to write your own. And Ascent Capture 5.5 lets you release to multiple systems at the same time.

Ascent 5.5 includes additional features designed to enhance the ability of users to more effectively capture and process data:

Latest Microsoft SQL Server (MSDE) database technology ensures the fastest, most robust batch catalog management.
Extended Custom Module setup and Administrative API capabilities make it possible for developers and integrators to achieve significantly tighter integration between Ascent Capture and other applications.

Auto polling allows Ascent Capture 5.5 to automatically accept input from other applications as XML data streams or in other forms. This capability can now be run as a service rather than a script.

Enhancements to SmartGroups enables testing of more setup functions including those associated with group optical mark recognition (OMR).
Ascent Capture's built in mark-sense recognition strengthens its forms processing capabilities with group OMR, intelligent zones and other enhancements.

Ascent Capture 5.0 is available in seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Chinese.

Easy to Use, Easy to Install
Ascent Capture 5.5 user interface maintains its acknowledged reputation for operator ease of use and fast, simple installation. It can be up and running in hours, rather than days or weeks of expensive installation and configuration. And when the job changes, Ascent Capture's Test Mode and point-and-click batch editing makes setup a breeze.

Integrates with Workflow and Content Management Applications
Ascent Capture can export to any ODBC-compatible database or to a delimited ASCII file. But what really sets Ascent apart is its library of custom release scripts which seamlessly connect it to more than 90 back-end systems from Convera, Documentum, FileNET, Gauss, Hummingbird, IBM, IMR, Microsoft, Open Text, Optika, and many others. This flexibility makes Ascent Capture the perfect front end for any system.

Customizable
Ascent Capture 5.5 allows you to customize its operation in several key ways:

XML Backbone.
Ascent Capture includes seven standard processing steps, including scanning, recognition, validation, and others. It also allows you to write your own custom modules that connect to Ascent Capture via XML.

Ascent Capture COM Interface.
Use the built-in COM interface to modify the Ascent Capture user interface via Visual Basic, Visual C++, or any language that supports COM. Auto Import.