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OCR to Database

Data is Everything. It does not matter in what field your company works, after all everything will be distilled into digits of data and accumulated in Database to be processed, stored, repurposed and reassembled again, again and again. All organizations have database, that acts as a repository for all of their information. And you may survive with manual data entry, or using spreadsheets or just folders with documents for some time, but eventually just mare amount of Data will become overwhelming. Luckily there are plenty of solutions for your Database. You can choose between SQL (MySQL, Access, Postgres, …) or NoSQL (Mongo, AWS, ...) solutions for storing and processing [...]

By Nikita|2019-11-25T12:30:47-04:00August 6th, 2019|Comments Off

OCR Servers

Enterprise OCR servers let you perform Optical Character Recognition on thousands of documents at a time, scaling to meet the demands of the largest document conversions. Traditional Desktop OCR applications require a person to load the scanned document, run the OCR process and save the output files. This makes sense when you are converting individual documents, but large organizations with thousands or millions of documents need something much more automated and scalable. Typical Enterprise OCR Applications As the cost of OCR software and hardware goes down each year and the quality goes up, full-text search is included in more and more records management applications. Typical applications include: Data mining [...]

By aaron|2020-01-29T15:15:14-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

Batch OCR Software

The primary purpose of Optical Character Recognition is to quickly and automatically convert scanned images of machine-printed (typed) text - which to a computer are no more meaningful a collection of pixels than any other image, such as a landscape photo - into actual text data that you can search through and modify. Batch OCR software is a form of Optical Character Recognition software that allows for the conversion of multiple files at once, usually through a hot folder or watched folder method that converts any files added to a particular folder on your computer on a preset schedule. It also includes OCR servers, which can split the workload [...]

By aaron|2020-03-10T12:06:22-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

OCR to Excel

Whether you operate a small company, oversee financial documentation at a larger organization, you are faced with the problem of numerical information management. When you’re faced with a large list of data, or a document filled with facts and figures, one of the best ways to make this information easily digestible is to create a table or spreadsheet. Although incredibly useful, identifying and transferring all of this data can be a bit of a task. Misreading data or mismatching of data to fields could easily ruin your data processing system. Thus, precision of data character recognition becomes essential. Due to the fact that Excel is a core Microsoft software [...]

By aaron|2020-03-09T18:39:40-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

Convert Image to Excel

Whether you operate a small company, oversee financial documentation at a larger organization, you are faced with the problem of numerical information management. When you’re faced with a large list of data, or a document filled with facts and figures, one of the best ways to make this information easily digestible is to create a table or spreadsheet. Although incredibly useful, identifying and transferring all of this data can be a bit of a task. Misreading data or mismatching of data to fields could easily ruin your data processing system. Thus, precision of data character recognition becomes essential. Due to the fact that Excel is a core Microsoft software [...]

By aaron|2019-11-22T16:16:59-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

Chinese OCR

When you scan a document that has text or numeric data on it, you are able to read and understand what is written in the scanned image. However, to a computer, the resulting image file is just as meaningless an assortment of pixels as a landscape photo. In order to transform this information into an editable format that you can search through, copy, and modify without retyping it manually, you will need the an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. There is a wide variety of OCR software available. While they all share the ability to convert images of machine printed (not handwritten) text or numbers into an editable format, [...]

By aaron|2020-03-09T17:50:09-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

Asian OCR

Asian, CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) OCR When you scan a document that has text or numeric data on it, you are able to read and understand what is written in the scanned image. However, to a computer, the resulting image file is just as meaningless an assortment of pixels as a landscape photo. In order to transform this information into an editable format that you can search through, copy, and modify without retyping it manually, you will need Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. There is a wide variety of OCR software available. While they all share the ability to convert images of machine printed (not handwritten) text or numbers [...]

By aaron|2020-04-24T17:05:27-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

Arabic OCR

Arabic OCR Applications Arabic OCR converts combinations of Arabic & Hebrew scripts into editable formats. This innovative recognition capability provides a competitive advantage that many OCR software programs do not have the capacity to support. Since ReadIRIS first developed optical character recognition to identify Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi characters on the PC platform, ABBYY FineReader has further advanced Hebrew and Arabic OCR capabilities for more modern, versatile applications. Both ABBYY and IRIS have incorporated Arabic OCR features into their FineReader Server and IRISDocument Server enterprise server OCR solutions. This Arabic OCR component is an optional accessory of both programs, and new users have the ability to choose their preferred version when [...]

By aaron|2020-03-09T17:18:41-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

IRIS OCR

ReadIRIS will allow you to convert any paper document, image or PDF into editable and searchable digital files (Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, etc.) using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Simply scan your paper document using the built-in scanning wizard or import image from folders or digital camera. ReadIRIS will instantly convert it to the format of your choice without altering the original layout. Your digital documents will now be easy to edit, archived and shared! IRIS IRISmart File and Invoice Intelligent software for semi-automatic naming and classification of documents and Invoices (electronic and paper). Ideal for freelancers, microbusinesses and SME, IRISmart will help you carry out long, slow everyday [...]

By aaron|2020-03-09T17:14:17-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off

OCR Guide

Optical Character Recognition During your foray into the world of document scanning, you've likely encountered the term "OCR" and may even know that it stands for "Optical Character Recognition". But what exactly is OCR and how can you make the best use of this sophisticated and valuable tool? We're here to give you a run-down of what you need to know about Optical Character Recognition, answer any questions you might have, and recommend the best OCR software solution for your scanning project. Let's begin! What is OCR? The primary purpose of Optical Character Recognition is to quickly and automatically recognize and convert images of machine-printed or typed text into [...]

By aaron|2020-03-10T15:41:50-04:00February 28th, 2019|Comments Off