Form reading software

The Form Reading software is at the heart of this application. It needs to be accurate, fast, easy to use and flexible. The software we recommend and supply has been on the market for well over ten years and is now in its sixth major version release. We have been using and selling products form this software stable for ten years, so we are fully confident in the quality, capability and support.

The Form Reading software is designed to extract and read:

Machine Print (OCR),
Handprinted Letters and Numbers (ICR),
Check Marks and Radio Group Marks (OMR),
Barcodes (OBR).

It is packed full of features designed to simplify the process of creating a form processing workstation or system including:

Easy-to-follow interface
Built-in form designer and template editor with template design "wizard"
Automatic template matching
One-click file and database export
Intuitive verification and validation tools

Until now you may have not even considered Form Processing having discarded it as an option that is too complicated or too expensive. However, we can now show you a solution that can pay for itself when you carry out reasonable numbers of surveys or data gathering exercises. All organisations can now establish a powerful form processing solution at a fraction of the time and cost of most Form Processing solutions.

When scanning the software helps you because it can:-

Deskew scanned images using reference blocks
Despeckle scanned images to improve accuracy
Identify pages that are not correctly oriented and spins them the right way for recognition
Stretches pages to compensate for linear distortions
Automatically matches documents to their correct template in a batch

When recognising the data the software can:-

Recognise four data types
Supports 172 languages when recognising machine printed letters and numbers
Supports 91 languages when recognising hand-printed letters and numbers
Manages seven types of marks/ check boxes and more sub types
Reads seven types of barcodes at any angle
Automatically detects text types
Can apply internal and external dictionaries

Data verification can be carried out using:-

Context verification for alpha numeric fields
Group checkmark verification in bulk
In-form validation by application of rules
Automatic application of validation against dictionaries, list or database lookups etc...
Custom validation using your VB scripts.

Data can then be exported in a variety of ways to suit your needs:-

To files as DBF, XLS, CSV or TXT
To XML
To a database via ODBC
To other software via API or OLE Automation
To PDF

Not all of the above options can be used together and some may require additional modules installing. However the vast bulk of the features described are in the standard package that is suitable for most organisations.

Once you have this software you can see that its potential applications multiply.