# Character Results

Each time it executes, an OCRMax tool returns the following information about every character in the classified string:

- Char: The character classified at this position.
- Score: A score between 0 and 1 to indicate how closely the character in the image matches the closest character in the trained font.
- Confusion Character: Which character from the trained font generates the second closest matching score.
- Confidence: The difference between the Score result and the score for the Confusion Character. If this difference does not exceed the setting for Confidence Threshold, the result for this character is Confused.

In addition, the tool returns a Status result, an OCRMaxLineResultStatusConstants indicating one of six outcomes:

- NoText: The segmentation process did not find any character candidates in the latest image.

  The region of interest is likely not surrounding a character string.

- NotRead: The segmentation process detected a character at this position, but the character could not be classified because there is no trained font for this OCRMax tool.

- Read: The character at this position has been successfully classified.

- Confused: The tool has identified a character whose Score exceeds the Accept Threshold, but another character also scores close enough that the score between the closest match and next closest match is less than the setting for Confidence Threshold.

  The tool displays Confused results in orange, as shown in the following figure where the characters "6" and "8" generate similar scores:

- Mismatch: The tool identified a character that does not match the character specified in the field string at this position.

  The tool displays Mismatch results in yellow, as shown in the following figure where the tool has a defined field string of "NNN-562" and the tool identifies the character "8" where it expects a "6":

  When no characters generate a score that exceeds the Accept Threshold for any given position, the tool uses an unknown character marker:

- Failed: No characters in the trained font returned a Score above the Accept Threshold.

  The tool displays Failed results in red, as shown in the following figure: