Download - Document capture (in plain english) part 2
Document Capture In Plain English
Part 2
By Travis Spangler - UFC, Inc. Product Development
Overview
• Review of the Document Capture Process
• Extracting Data from Documents (Forms Processing)
• Different Extraction Techniques
– Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
– Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)
– Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
Document Capture in 5 Easy Steps
(1) Capture
(2) Classify
(3) Index
(4) Verify
(5) Archive
Please review our video “Document Capture (in plain English) – Part 1” for a review of this process
Forms Processing
Extracting Data from Documents
• This is also known as “Forms Processing” • Automatically retrieving data off documents for
indexing (tagging) • Usually done by software that can
interpret/recognize machine print, handprint, barcodes, keywords, and other types of items on a document
• Three tradeoffs of forms processing: – Cost – Speed – Accuracy
Recognition Software Techniques
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
• Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)
• Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
Note: Recognition software utilizes proprietary technology which is continually improving
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
• Software that matches characters on documents to computer characters (fonts)
This is a sample sentence.
Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)
• Software that matches handwritten characters on documents to computer characters (fonts)
This is a sample sentence.
Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
• Software that captures marks on documents
• Examples:
– Signatures
– Boxes
– Checkmarks
– Scantron®
Common Forms Processing Software
• ABBYY FlexiCapture • ABBYY Recognition Server • ABBYY FineReader UFC has designed a web-based capture system which combines ABBYY Flexicapture (or FineReader) with Quillix Web Capture
If you are interested in seeing a demo of Forms Processing, please contact us!
Review
(1) Capture
(2) Classify
(3) Index
(4) Verify
(5) Archive
Forms Processing
