Question: What features distinguish the latest OCR software from older models? Do these differences even matter? Answer: It depends on what you want to do. For many purposes, it doesn’t matter if you are using an OCR tool that was …
Scanner OCR PDF
Question: Can I get my scanner to OCR my files for me? Is there any way for it to output PDF instead of TIFF? Answer: The problem with files when they come out of a scanner is that they are …
OCR Language
Question: Can OCR identify language characters out of context, or are there different OCR programs for different languages? Do I have to buy two separate programs if I work in English and Spanish, or can I use one for both? …
PDF Image Processing
Question: I’m a little bit overwhelmed by the number of products available online for PDF image processing. What types of functions does this involve, and how do I know what’s right for me? What are some basic things that I …
Office OCR
Question: Does CVISION have an office OCR solution? Our office needs OCR software that can efficiently handle a large number of documents every day. Answer: Our Maestro Recognition Server software was developed with office OCR applications in mind. Office OCR …
OCR File
Question: My company is currently going through the office to reorganize all of our information storage systems, and one of our goals to make as many things as possible digital. I am afraid that this might make some things hard …
OCR Handwritten
Question: I see a lot on your website about OCR for computer-printed text, but do you have anything to OCR handwritten text? Answer: We do. We understand that many of the forms and documents that you work with may contain …
Open Source OCR Software
Question: How is open source OCR software different from regular OCR software? Where can I get it? Answer: Open source software differs from other types of software because it is open to modification by the public, so that improvements can …
Extract Text from Image
Question: How do I extract text from an image file? If I scan a text document, is there any way for the computer to see it as anything other than one whole image? Answer: OCR (optical character recognition) software exists …
Invoice Capture
Question: I’ve heard of software that can process my invoices for me, so that I don’t have to go through the numbers in each one by hand. Is this really possible for paper invoices, or only ones that I receive …