Question: I have a bunch of scanned documents on my computer, but I really can’t do anything with them because the files are too big, and the computer can’t recognize the text anyway, so they are pretty useless to me …
Latest OCR Software
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 …
Free OCR Scan
Question: The internet is full of free OCR scan downloads. Are any of them reliable, and are there any advantages to purchasing software as opposed to using free OCR scan software? Answer: Free OCR scan software can be a good …
Zonal OCR
Question: We use OCR mostly to extract data from fixed forms, which we then store in a database. The problem is that we only want to extract data from specific zones on the forms; right now we’re having to manually …
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? …
Document Automation Solutions
Question: My office processes a lot of forms and documents. Normally, someone has to go through all of the information and type it into a spreadsheet by hand. This is really tedious and time consuming, and we frequently end up …
OCR Toolkit
Question: I’m looking for an OCR toolkit to make my documents text-searchable. It must be an OCR toolkit with batch processing abilities, since I have many documents to OCR. Answer: Maestro Recognition Server is CVISION’s OCR toolkit. It is a …
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 …