In Part 3 of our short Data Capture videos, Malcolm Wilkes discusses the benefits of different types of Data Recognition software:
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition) – software reads machine produced text/characters (in defined zones of documents if required). Simple solution and very accurate.
- ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) – ‘intelligent’ software capable of reading hand written information as well as machine produced text. Not infallible as hand written information can often be difficult to decipher, i.e. Doctor’s prescriptions!
- IDR (Intelligent Document Recognition) - highly ‘intelligent’ software ideally used post document capture to classify documents in advance of a business process, e.g. Digital Mailroom.
