Natural language processing is able to interpret paragraphs of text and extract meaningful data from them.Artificial intelligence that is able to use point and click user feedback to train recognition templates automatically.Advanced rules-based templates for locating common data elements on pages with different layouts and formatting.Handprint recognition (ICR or Intelligent Character Recognition) for forms processing.
Modern applications use some or all of these technologies: But OCR data capture software is more than just simple zone OCR.
When this process is applied to specific areas of the document containing data fields it’s called zone OCR. Many are familiar with popular desktop OCR applications designed to convert scanned images to editable documents. When this technology is applied to automating business data entry processes it’s referred to as OCR Data Capture. I’d rather be associated as making life easier for my business contacts, not more difficult.OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition and is the technology that allows software to interpret text on scanned images. So, if you’re designing a business card, or having one designed, be sure to take a print-out, cut it down to size, and run it through your scanner. Just make sure there’s enough contrast between the two. NeatDesk can scan both sides, but keep your critical info on one side. See my caption notes for the Mary Kay business card above. If you use a logo, pair it with a text version of your business name, so that it can be read as text. Logos with business name incorporated.Keep everything reading horizontally, whether your business card is horizontally or vertically oriented. OCR has trouble making out type superimposed over a graphic or complex pattern, for instance. Fonts with exaggerated thicks and thins (e.g., Bodoni).
Stick with clean fonts like Helevtica, Futura, or Gil Sans. On the other hand, Janice Lewis’s card above mine) was a perfect scan. Oddly, the only two pieces of information that went into the correct locations of the OCR form were my work phone and my email address. It’s mine! Information needed to be larger and perhaps better organized. Notice the “Real Bad” version of a business card above. So put all important contact info on one side of the card. Some scanners can’t, and even NeatDesk won’t always incorporate data accurately from both sides. NeatDesk can scan both sides of a business card.