Where does OcrResult.Choice live in the IronOCR API?

OcrResult.Choice is a class in the IronOcr namespace, shipped in IronOcr.dll, deriving from System.Object. You receive instances from the Choices array on an OcrResult.Character.

How do you see alternative readings for a recognized character in C#?

Walk an OcrResult down to a Character and read its Choices array. Each OcrResult.Choice exposes Text for the candidate string and Confidence for its percentage, ordered with the preferred reading first.

Class OcrResult.Choice

Inheritance

System.Object

OcrResult.Choice

Namespace: IronOcr

Assembly: IronOcr.dll

Syntax

public class Choice : Object

OcrResult.Choice is one alternative reading the engine considered for a character, paired with how likely it judged that reading to be. It is what you inspect when the top result for a glyph looks wrong and you want to see the runner-up candidates instead of accepting a single guess, which is useful for correction passes and for flagging low-confidence text.

You receive choices from the Choices array on an OcrResult.Character, reached by walking an OcrResult returned from IronTesseract.Read. Each choice exposes just two members: Text, the candidate string for that reading, and Confidence, its statistical confidence as a percentage. The array is ordered so the engine's preferred reading comes first, with weaker alternatives following.

To use it, read a character's Choices, then compare the Confidence values to decide whether the primary reading is trustworthy or whether an alternative is worth substituting. Choices are most informative on noisy or low-quality input where the engine is genuinely uncertain.

The working with OCR results how-to covers reading per-character detail, and the result confidence how-to explains using confidence values.

Constructors

Choice()

Declaration

public Choice()

Fields

Confidence

Statistical Confidence as a percentage.

Declaration

public double Confidence

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Double

Text

The text for this word choice.

Declaration

public string Text

Field Value

Type	Description
System.String