The digital age has increased the pace at which business is conducted. Companies need quick access to working documentation to maintain a competitive edge. Document management applications have proven to be an effective solution to this growing problem.
Warning: uninstalling TOCR licences requires you to use a DOS prompt/Windows command line. If you are unfamiliar with a command line interface, please exercise caution when using these instructions, as the uninstall program can strip all your TOCR licences.
Use a good quality scanner. The higher quality the scanner, the better the image it will produce. Accurately scanned images create less errors, so you get faster and more accurate results.
Large volume document scanning requires a high level of accuracy for it to prove cost effective when compared to manual data entry. Through their extensive research, Prime Recognition have identified that 66% of all lifetime imaging costs are attributable to correcting errors. For those processing a lot of documents, that could prove to be quite an expense over time.
In Version 3.2 we introduced a speed option facility, and this option has been carried over to Version 4.0. The speed tests below were performed on TOCR 3.3.
This article was written in 2007 and covers TOCR Versions 1.4 and 2.0. These versions have now been legacied and updated by Version 3.3 Pro. Our mission is to produce the most reliable and accurate OCR Engine on the market and TOCR Version 4.0 is our most accurate engine to date.
Are all OCR engines created equal? Choosing the right product in a market where everyone is supposedly the fastest and most accurate poses a dilemma: who to believe? You know that they can’t all be the best – or is OCR a rare example of an industry where all products are created equal?