CVISION Technologies

Question:
What software can I use to automate data entry from forms? I need a program that can read both printed and handwritten responses.

Answer:
You can try Trapeze from CVISION. Trapeze is a document automation tool that replaces manual data entry. The great thing about Trapeze is its versatility: it has OCR for printed text, ICR for handwritten text, checkbox recognition, barcode recognition, and other features. Not to mention, it is ideal for data entry from forms because of the high speed with which it can process information.

To learn more about the different features of Trapeze, click below:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
Can all OCR software recognize handwriting, or is this a special feature?

Answer:
Not all OCR programs can recognize handwriting. OCR is designed to read printed text only, but there is another tool called ICR, or intelligent handwriting recognition, which can recognize handwritten text. ICR uses different algorithms from OCR, and is sometimes found in forms processing tools, which allow you to automate data entry. CVISION’s Trapeze is an advanced forms processing program that contains both OCR and ICR.

To learn more about Trapeze, check out the link below:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
What are the advantages of OCR and ICR, respectively? Are there any tools that combine both into a single program?

Answer:
OCR is for recognition of printed text only, while ICR is designed for handwritten text. The advantage of OCR is that it is highly accurate, and it is more common to work with documents that contain printed text than ones that contain handwritten text. ICR, on the other hand, gives you the flexibility of working with an additional type of data input. Trapeze is a solution that combines OCR and ICR, among other features.

To learn more about what you can do with Trapeze, click on the link below:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
Could you recommend a forms-processing tool that contains accurate, reliable ICR capabilities?

Answer:
Many people worry that ICR, or intelligent character recognition for handwritten text, has not yet reached a reliable level of accuracy that would allow automated tools to replace manual data entry. CVISION’s Trapeze demonstrates that this concern is unnecessary. Trapeze is an advanced forms-processing solution that includes OCR, ICR, and other types of optical recognition features, all of which perform with extremely high accuracy.

Click below to learn more about Trapeze:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
I know that ICR is fairly new. Is it accurate enough for me to rely upon it when I process surveys, applications, and other forms?

Answer:
With new developments in the technology, ICR has become highly accurate. Many professional users rely on ICR as a component of their document automation tools. Programs like CVISION’s Trapeze, which combine OCR and ICR, ensure reliability by incorporating validation features to eliminate possible errors.

Click below to learn more about Trapeze:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
What is the best document automation solution that has both OCR and ICR?

Answer:
It sounds like you want a document automation solution that has the flexibility to process different kinds of text. You may wish to combine space for handwritten answers with space for printed data in the forms that you design. For this, the best solution is CVISION’s Trapeze. Trapeze has OCR and ICR, as well as barcode recognition. With advanced image processing features, Trapeze is definitely a leading choice.

Click here to learn more about Trapeze:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
Is it important for imaging software to have both OCR and ICR, or is OCR alone sufficient?

Answer:
While OCR might meet many of your basic needs, it limits your options in terms of the types of documents that you can process. If you only have OCR capabilities, you are restricted to forms that strictly contain printed information. Having ICR gives you more flexibility, because you can then automatically process forms containing handwritten information. CVISION’s document imaging solution, called, Trapeze, has both OCR and ICR.

To learn more about Trapeze, click below:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
Is it helpful for a forms processing solution to have both OCR and ICR?

Answer:
It is definitely an advantage to have both capabilities. OCR allows you to process printed text, while ICR allows you to process handwritten text. Since some forms may include both printed and handwritten components, combining OCR and ICR in a single forms processing solution equips you with a very useful tool. CVISION’s Trapeze is a forms processing toolkit that contains both capabilities.

To learn more about Trapeze, click below:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question:
How is ICR included in form processing software? Is it important for form processing software to contain ICR?

Answer:
For maximum flexibility in structuring forms, it is ideal to have ICR capabilities at your disposal. That way, you can have data fields that call for handwritten responses, and the software can process them automatically. ICR enables banks to process handwritten checks, for example, which cannot be done with basic OCR software. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you have ICR. CVISION’s Trapeze has ICR in addition to OCR, barcode recognition, and other options.

Learn more about Trapeze to see if it is right for your business:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/download_main.html

Question: Do I need just OCR for my files or do I also need to be concerned with ICR and bar code readers?

Answer: Most OCR (optical character recognition) engines do not automatically handle either handwritten character recognition (ICR) or bar codes. If these are important to your document workflow and indexing, then the correct modules need to be installed to find and recognize these instances.

Generally, ICR recognition rates are significantly lower than OCR recognition rates. ICR rates are higher where the text is hand printed and letters are topologically distinct, i.e., not allowed to touch each other. In analyzing general cursive script, with letters connected to each other, recognition rates are significantly lower.

If the ICR fields are known to be of a certain type, say numeric (e.g., social security numbers), then the ICR engine can be calibrated to expect this data type, with recognition rates going up considerably.

Bar code recognition is a generally an accurate process, even when the input scan is degraded, e.g., rescan. Bar codes allow for a certain degree of redundancy, even when the scan quality is poor. However, there are many classes of bar codes and the bar code class must be defined correctly for the recognition process to work properly. If the wrong bar code classification is used during the recognition process, then an incorrect ASCII string will be returned.