CVISION Technologies

Question: I am looking for an OCR download. Do you have a free download for OCR software? We need a product that will OCR our scanned documents and convert them into PDFs.

Answer: Yes, we have a free 30 day trial of our OCR solution. You can download the OCR product directly from our website.  Our OCR solution is contained within PdfCompressor; we can take your scanned documents, OCR them to make the documents text-searchable, and convert them to PDF files.

Here is the link to the OCR download:

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: I am trying to use the decompressor on existing PDF files.  I receive a message indicating: “Cannot open file …” on any PDF file not created by PdfCompressor.  Does the decompressor only work on PdfCompressor created files, or is it looking for other characteristics in the PDF File? I am using PdfCompressor Version 4.0.135 – Evaluation Copy.

Answer: PdfCompressor only decompresses files that have been previously compressed by PdfCompressor. However, we do have a hidden flag that you can use “-convertall” that you can add to the command line in the decompressor that will allow you to decompress all files, even the ones that you didn’t create using PdfCompressor.

Question: We need a PDF compression solution. A colleague had recommended your compression product, PdfCompressor. Our organization deals with scanned images that can be either color or black & white. The scanners output are either PDF or TIFF files. Do you offer a trial of the compression product?

Answer: Yes, we do offer a trial of PdfCompressor, I have attached it below. We do accept PDFs and TIFFs as input for compression. You said you have black & white files, as well as color files. For B&W files, we can achieve compression rates of 10% the original file size, for color documents, the compression rates are as much as 1% the original size.

Here is the link to a free trial for PdfCompressor:

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: I have been testing PdfCompressor with OCR, I OCR’d a RAW TIFF files and the results were good on the super accurate (not on the balanced). My colleague claims that you obtain better results when you OCR scanned documents with lower resolutions, I never heard of this. What can you tell me?

Answer: The lower DPI statement is not correct. The ideal DPI is 300 for good OCR accuracy. Also if the input file is a PDF try running the file in raster mode to see if you get better results.

If you would like to retest PdfCompressor, I have attached the link for the free trial below:

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: My company has been testing PdfCompressor. If we have it on a server and we invoke it through a command line, will it be able to operate on multiple files simultaneously?
 
Will it give error messages if there are problems with the PDF file (via command line interface)?
 
Answer: As long as you are running PdfCompressor Pro you will be able to use the command line which is supported in all the versions that we have released. The command line supports all the features of PdfCompressor just like the GUI would as well.

If you would like to extend the trial of the software, I have included the link below to download the product:

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: I see you have software focused on PDF compression, and optimizing scanned documents, but do you offer OCR software? I am looking to test, and then purchase OCR software within the next 2-4 weeks.  If you sell OCR software, can you point me to the product?

Answer: Yes, we do offer OCR software; our OCR engine is located within PdfCompressor.  Many of clients initially look for OCR software; ultimately, they are impressed with the accuracy and speed of the OCR engine, while also gaining the added advantage of PDF compression.

We do offer an evaluation version of the OCR software contained within PdfCompressor. Below is the link:

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: I am looking for a free OCR product. I just recently purchased a scanner and would like to make my documents text-searchable with OCR.  Do you offer free OCR?

Answer:  We do offer “free OCR” in the form of a 30-day free trial of PdfCompressor with OCR; we do not have a free OCR product.

The free OCR download contains a watermark; you can certainly try the OCR for 30 days. If you need non-watermarked, OCR’ed documents, we do sell an OCR product as well.

Below is a link to the “free OCR” download.

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: I need to compress my PDF files. My company deals with many PDFs that need compressing, we find the PDFs difficult to access and transmit. Can I test your “PDF Compress utility?”

Answer: Yes, we have a free 30-day evaluation of our PdfCompressor product; you can test compressing your own PDF files. Many of clients require compression for the same reason you discussed, uncompressed PDFs are slow to email and open.

Here is the link to a free trial for PdfCompressor:

www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: Does the API support batch PDF compression? I have a folder of PDFs, I would like to process them and produce a single PDF for each one processed? I know I can loop through the folder and process one at a time but I’m not taking advantage of multi-threading. Can this be done and still be able to take advantage of the compressors multi-threading capability?

Answer: The multithreading is controlled at the command line. Then the appropriate flag is passed multithreading will kick in. The flag for multi-threading is “-mt”. Please add that flag to the command line and that should fix the problem.

Question: What are the main differences between PdfCompressor Professional, and PdfCompressor Desktop?

Answer: The following features are only available with PdfCompressor Professional

• Professional Edition supports Batch Compression
• The Professional Edition includes “watched folder” capabilities
• The Professional Version enables users to compress files that are greater than 100 pages in length
• The Professional Edition processes directories of files with a single click.
• The Professional Edition includes a Command Line Interface
• The Professional Edition supports use through an API
• Technical Support is available with the Professional Edition

If you are interested in testing either version, click here:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=45&&Itemid=206