ABBYY FineReader HotFolder template *.fta file

template.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<scenarios xmlns="http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader/Shell/TaskAutomation/0">
    <scenario name="Моя задача111">
        <operation operationType="UseBatch" mode="loadOptions" batchOrOptionsPath="" checkAfterExecute="false"
                   optionsMode="loadOptions">
            <batchOptions xmlns="http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader/BatchOptions/0" hasLanguageDataBase="false">
                <ocr options="OCRO_DetectTables,OCRO_DetectPictures" textType="STT_Normal" hilightLevel="SBEHL_Thorough"
                     patternName="(Default)" patternMode="UPM_DontUseUserPattern">
                    <language type="" languages="French,RussianOldSpelling"/>
                </ocr>
                <preprocess
                        options="IPO_DetectOrientation,IPO_DiscardGrayOnStore,IPO_DownsampleColorComponents,IPO_CompressColorComponents,IPO_RemoveColorMarks"/>
                <documentSynthesis
                        options="DSO_DetectRunningTitles,DSO_DetectFootnotes,DSO_DetectTableOfContent,DSO_DetectLists"
                        fonts="Aharoni,Angsana New,AngsanaUPC,Arial,Arial Black,Arial Narrow,Arial Unicode MS,Batang,Book Antiqua,Bookman Old Style,Calibri,Cambria,Candara,Century Gothic,Century Schoolbook,Comic Sans MS,Consolas,Constantia,Corbel,Cordia New,CordiaUPC,Courier New,David,Dotum,Fixed Miriam Transparent,Franklin Gothic Book,Franklin Gothic Demi,Franklin Gothic Demi Cond,Franklin Gothic Heavy,Franklin Gothic Medium,Franklin Gothic Medium Cond,FrankRuehl,Garamond,Geneva,Georgia,Gulim,Gungsuh,Impact,Lucida Sans Unicode,Malgun Gothic,Microsoft Sans Serif,MingLiU,MS Gothic,MS Mincho,MS Reference Sans Serif,Palatino Linotype,Segoe UI,SimHei,SimSun,Sylfaen,Tahoma,Times New Roman,Trebuchet MS,Verdana"/>
                <export options="">
                    <rtfOptions
                            options="RTFEOA_KeepRunningTitles,RTFEOA_UseAutoPageSizeAndMargins,RTFEOA_KeepPictures,RTFEOA_KeepLineNumbers,RTFEOA_RemoveSoftHyphens,RTFEOA_KeepFontAttributesInPlainText"
                            colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50"
                            allowLossQuality="true" errorTextColor="32768" errorBackgroundColor="16777088"
                            hyperlinksColor="13395456" paperSize="[11909, 16834]" exportPageFormat="RTFEPF_Columns"
                            paperMargins="[-1, -1, -1, -1]" plainTextFont="DejaVu Sans"/>
                    <xlOptions options="XLEOA_KeepRunningTitles,XLEOA_KeepPictures" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto"
                               pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"
                               fileFormat="BXLSF_DOUBLE_STREAM" pageFormat="XLEPF_FormattedText"/>
                    <pdfOptions
                            options="PDFEOA_WriteTaggedPdf,PDFEOA_EmbedFonts,PDFEOA_UseMRC,PDFEOA_UseAutoPageSizeAndMargins,PDFEOA_KeepRunningTitles,PDFEOA_KeepPictures"
                            colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="300" jpegQuality="45"
                            allowLossQuality="true" exportMode="BPEM_ImageOnText" fontMode="BPFM_UseFontsFromIText"
                            hyperlinksColor="13395456" isEncryptionRequested="false" encryptionLevel="EL_Low"
                            userPassword="" ownerPassword="" permission="" paperSize="[11909, 16834]"
                            paperMargins="[-1, -1, -1, -1]" outlineCreationMode="EPOCM_NoOutline" profile="Balanced"/>
                    <htmlOptions options="HTMLEOA_KeepRunningTitles,HTMLEOA_KeepPictures,HTMLEOA_Allow_CSS"
                                 encodeType="BTET_UTF8" codePageId="1251" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto"
                                 pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"
                                 exportPageFormat="HTMLEPF_FormattedStream" partitionMode="HTMLEPM_None"/>
                    <pptOptions options="PPTEOA_KeepRunningTitles,PPTEOA_KeepPictures" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto"
                                pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"/>
                    <textOptions options="TXTEOA_ExportParagraphAsOneLine,TXTEOA_KeepRunningTitles"
                                 encodeType="BTET_UTF8" codePageId="1251"/>
                    <csvOptions options="" encodeType="BTET_UTF8" codePageId="1251" tabSeparator="Ow=="/>
                    <xmlOptions options=""/>
                    <pdfAOptions
                            options="PDFEOA_WriteTaggedPdf,PDFEOA_UseAutoPageSizeAndMargins,PDFEOA_KeepRunningTitles,PDFEOA_KeepPictures"
                            colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="300" jpegQuality="45"
                            allowLossQuality="true" hyperlinksColor="13395456" paperMargins="[-1, -1, -1, -1]"
                            paperSize="[11909, 16834]" exportMode="BPEM_ImageOnText"
                            outlineCreationMode="EPOCM_NoOutline" profile="Balanced"/>
                    <ebookOptions fontFormat="Restricted" saveFontSize="false" embedFonts="false" options=""
                                  epubVersion="2_0_1" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="150"
                                  jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true">
                        <title></title>
                        <keywords></keywords>
                        <annotation></annotation>
                        <authorsInfo/>
                    </ebookOptions>
                    <DjVuOptions mode="EDEM_ImageOnText" layerMode="EDMLM_Auto" textParticularity="ETCP_Lines"
                                 colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="-1" jpegQuality="80"
                                 allowLossQuality="true"/>
                    <xpsOptions mode="EDEM_ImageOnText" pageSizeMode="XPSPSM_Auto" paperSize="[0, 0]"
                                colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="-1" jpegQuality="80"
                                allowLossQuality="true"/>
                </export>
                <documentMetadata>
                    <authorsInfo/>
                    <title></title>
                    <subject></subject>
                    <keywords></keywords>
                    <producer></producer>
                    <creator></creator>
                    <creationDate>0:00:00.000 1.01.1601 UTC</creationDate>
                </documentMetadata>
                <userPatterns>
                    AAEJKABEAGUAZgBhAHUAbAB0ACkAewAAAEhDQUMHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVg0KDQpVc2VyIHBhdHRlcm5zIGZpbGUuIERvIG5vdCBlZGl0IQ0KQUJCWVkgRmluZVJlYWRlciBidWlsZCB2ZXJzaW9uOiAxMi4wLjEwMDEuMzEzLg0KAAAAAA==
                </userPatterns>
                <properties>AQA=</properties>
            </batchOptions>
        </operation>
        <operation operationType="AddImage" Mode="execute" CheckResult="false">
            <ta xmlns="http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader/TaskAutomation/0" forceAsPhoto="false">
                <folder path="C:\input\" processSubfolders="true"/>
            </ta>
        </operation>
        <operation operationType="Layout" Mode="analyze" BlockFileName="" CorrectResults="false"
                   AnalyzeParallel="true"/>
        <operation operationType="Recognize" AskUserToRereadPages="false" DoModalReadBeforeSynthesis="false"
                   CheckResult="false">
            <ta xmlns="http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader/TaskAutomation/0" inParallel="true" mode="0"/>
        </operation>
        <operation operationType="SaveDocument" Mode="execute">
            <ExportOptions xmlns="http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader/BatchOptions/0" options="">
                <rtfOptions
                        options="RTFEOA_KeepRunningTitles,RTFEOA_UseAutoPageSizeAndMargins,RTFEOA_KeepPictures,RTFEOA_KeepLineNumbers,RTFEOA_RemoveSoftHyphens,RTFEOA_KeepFontAttributesInPlainText"
                        colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"
                        errorTextColor="32768" errorBackgroundColor="16777088" hyperlinksColor="13395456"
                        paperSize="[11909, 16834]" exportPageFormat="RTFEPF_Columns" paperMargins="[-1, -1, -1, -1]"
                        plainTextFont="DejaVu Sans"/>
                <xlOptions options="XLEOA_KeepRunningTitles,XLEOA_KeepPictures" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto"
                           pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"
                           fileFormat="BXLSF_DOUBLE_STREAM" pageFormat="XLEPF_FormattedText"/>
                <pdfOptions
                        options="PDFEOA_WriteTaggedPdf,PDFEOA_EmbedFonts,PDFEOA_UseMRC,PDFEOA_UseAutoPageSizeAndMargins,PDFEOA_KeepRunningTitles,PDFEOA_KeepPictures"
                        colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="300" jpegQuality="45" allowLossQuality="true"
                        exportMode="BPEM_ImageOnText" fontMode="BPFM_UseFontsFromIText" hyperlinksColor="13395456"
                        isEncryptionRequested="false" encryptionLevel="EL_Low" userPassword="" ownerPassword=""
                        permission="" paperSize="[11909, 16834]" paperMargins="[-1, -1, -1, -1]"
                        outlineCreationMode="EPOCM_NoOutline" profile="Balanced"/>
                <htmlOptions options="HTMLEOA_KeepRunningTitles,HTMLEOA_KeepPictures,HTMLEOA_Allow_CSS"
                             encodeType="BTET_UTF8" codePageId="1251" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto"
                             pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"
                             exportPageFormat="HTMLEPF_FormattedStream" partitionMode="HTMLEPM_None"/>
                <pptOptions options="PPTEOA_KeepRunningTitles,PPTEOA_KeepPictures" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto"
                            pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50" allowLossQuality="true"/>
                <textOptions options="TXTEOA_ExportParagraphAsOneLine,TXTEOA_KeepRunningTitles" encodeType="BTET_UTF8"
                             codePageId="1251"/>
                <csvOptions options="" encodeType="BTET_UTF8" codePageId="1251" tabSeparator="Ow=="/>
                <xmlOptions options=""/>
                <pdfAOptions
                        options="PDFEOA_WriteTaggedPdf,PDFEOA_UseAutoPageSizeAndMargins,PDFEOA_KeepRunningTitles,PDFEOA_KeepPictures"
                        colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="300" jpegQuality="45" allowLossQuality="true"
                        hyperlinksColor="13395456" paperMargins="[-1, -1, -1, -1]" paperSize="[11909, 16834]"
                        exportMode="BPEM_ImageOnText" outlineCreationMode="EPOCM_NoOutline" profile="Balanced"/>
                <ebookOptions fontFormat="Restricted" saveFontSize="false" embedFonts="false" options=""
                              epubVersion="2_0_1" colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="150" jpegQuality="50"
                              allowLossQuality="true">
                    <title></title>
                    <keywords></keywords>
                    <annotation></annotation>
                    <authorsInfo/>
                </ebookOptions>
                <DjVuOptions mode="EDEM_ImageOnText" layerMode="EDMLM_Auto" textParticularity="ETCP_Lines"
                             colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="-1" jpegQuality="80"
                             allowLossQuality="true"/>
                <xpsOptions mode="EDEM_ImageOnText" pageSizeMode="XPSPSM_Auto" paperSize="[0, 0]"
                            colourControlType="PCCT_Auto" pictureResolution="-1" jpegQuality="80"
                            allowLossQuality="true"/>
            </ExportOptions>
            <ta xmlns="http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader/TaskAutomation/0" exportFormat="djvu"
                fileExportMode="withImageFilesNames" filePath="C:\output\" fileName=".djvu"
                needCreateTimeStampFolder="false" openAfterExport="false"/>
        </operation>
    </scenario>
</scenarios>

This XML *.fta file does not have any documentation, but it can be tinkered with. And I found some API that might match Hot Folder API.