Question: I am looking for an OCR engine that can perform based on speed and accuracy. Can the OCR be fast and accurate at the same time or can you just have one or the other?

Answer: Typically, is a general tradeoff between OCR speed and accuracy. The accuracy is generally a function of the OCR engine speed. It is usually possible to obtain greater OCR accuracy by running the engine longer, or by deploying more OCR engines.

In any event, even assuming that there are as many as 10 OCR engines, or super-accurate modes, for most companies there is a point of diminishing returns, that is, a point at which it is not worth slowing down the OCR processing rate any more, even if the tradeoff is greater accuracy.

A company needs to ask itself then what degree of accuracy do we need? How accurate is accurate enough? What processing rate is acceptable within a given workflow? Sometimes greater OCR accuracy can be achieved without increasing processing time. This often involves either some form learning or optimizing for a given application domain.

You can try out the PdfCompressor’s OCR below:
http://www.cvisiontech.com/pdfpro40_download.html