OpenText File Content Extraction (IDOL)
Identify, extract, and transform content with file extraction software
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Uniform and consistent access to content and unstructured data is critical for today’s AI and analytics workflows and processes. File content extraction identifies and extracts file contents, unlocking unprecedented possibilities for your solution.
Why OpenText File Content Extraction?
Unleash the power of your content with an AI-driven solution that can identify, extract, and transform over 2,200 file formats; streamline content access; and ensure compliance—unlocking insights for smarter decisions.
- 2,200+
Content types
Reach your content, whatever it is. - Exhaustive
Extract office documents, compressed archives, and more
Access nearly any file’s content, including legacy formats—word documents, spreadsheets, slides, CAD and zip files, and files with passwords. - Modular
Integrate with any existing architecture
Extend the functionality of current applications and workflows by deploying the modular service as part of existing architecture.
We found [OpenText File Content Extraction] to be the perfect solution to fulfil our requirements. We can focus on core product value while delivering embedded, comprehensive data extraction, classification, AI, and analytics to our clients.
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We rely on the integration of [OpenText Knowledge Discovery] and its ability to ingest, scan, and classify data. It supports hundreds of languages and is able to leverage key insights within the data itself to locate and identify sensitive data that needs to be protected.
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Use cases
Get more out of your data with accurate file format identification, content decryption, text extraction, subfile processing, non-native rendering, and structured export.
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Incorporate deep content visibility to your service or application—quickly, reliably, and without the need for ongoing development. A ready-to-go SDK, complete with sample code, accelerates your product’s time-to-market and frees your engineering team to spend their time on higher-value work.
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Support a wide range of applications, formats, and languages, enabling your organization to work across geographies, industries, and business types. Continual updates make sure you’re always on top of changes and additions.
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Get the greatest visibility into your data, with file extraction software that captures metadata, textual data, hidden data—like tracked changes, cached content, and accessibility data—embedded sub-files and more.
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Maximize throughput, minimize latency, reduce CPU cost, decrease install size, and optimize memory footprint. OpenText File Content Extraction is designed to deliver ideal performance.
Key features
Transform customer experience with accurate file format identification, content decryption, text extraction, subfile processing, non-native rendering, and structured export, plus support for 2,200+ formats across all major client and server-side platforms.
File format detection
Reduces the risk of misprocessing crucial information or wasting valuable CPU time on irrelevant files by quickly and accurately identifying file types.
Rights management
Identifies rights-management protected files from Microsoft, Seclore, and SmartCipher.
Metadata access
Quickly accesses file metadata such as XMP, XrML, IPTC, EXIF, Boldon-James classification, and format-specific fields.
Character set conversion
Prepares for downstream processes, which usually expect UTF-8 input. Automatically determines the character set used within a document—even if it’s not specified in the metadata.
Text extraction
Extracts plain text content by removing format scaffolding and other noise at speed. Goes deep into a wide variety of document formats, extracting body text and other visible components.
HTML and PDF export
Previews documents in high-fidelity HTML so documents can be viewed even without the appropriate plug-in or native application. Archives files in PDF format, ensuring document content can be frozen.
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OpenText File Content Extraction unlocks hidden value from text, metadata, and subfiles from 2200+ file formats. It reduces manual processing time to free your team for higher-value tasks, and it identifies sensitive data—like PII—with precision, helping you stay ahead of regulatory requirements.
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More than just a file reader, it’s an enterprise-grade powerhouse that supports 2200+ file formats, extracts hidden text and metadata, and offers flexible output options. With its ability to decrypt protected files and handle complex containers, it delivers unmatched versatility and accuracy.
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OpenText File Content Extraction is ideal for software developers, OEMs, and enterprises across industries. Whether you’re building a security solution, enhancing a search platform, or managing legacy archives, it empowers you to process and leverage data effortlessly.
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OpenText File Content Extraction detects and processes over 2,200 unique file formats, from everyday files like PDFs and Word docs to niche formats like CAD drawings or legacy archives. With continuous updates, it stays ahead of the ever-evolving file format landscape.
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Yes! It includes tools like Panopticon to decrypt files protected by Microsoft Azure Information Protection (AIP) or Rights Management System (RMS), ensuring you can access and process the original, unencrypted content securely.
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It extracts:
- Visible text: What users see in documents.
- Hidden text: Comments, tracked changes, or accessibility text in PDFs.
- Metadata: Author details, creation dates, security classifications, and more.
- Subfiles: Embedded content in archives, emails, or documents—like images or attachments
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OpenText File Content Extraction transforms extracted content into usable formats:
- HTML: For web viewing or embedding in apps.
- XML: Structured data for indexing or parsing.
- PDF: High-fidelity versions for easy sharing or archiving.
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Yes, you can. OpenText File Content Extraction, as well as additional SDKs and services, are available as OpenText OEM solutions. Add high-performance file processing capabilities directly to your application.
For more information, please visit our OEM Marketplace.
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