I have thousands of single-page documents that need to be scanned and archived electronically. I know there are some very expensive packages that use OCR and "zoning" to recognize the document's characterisitcs (vendor, account no., date, ...) and move it to the right folder. Is there a "cheap" solution that does the job, even using another system? Anything in the free open-source realm? Of course I have a decent scanner that can handle the "hard" part. Thanks a lot.
2006-12-06 11:54:54 · 2 answers · asked by caudingo 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Scanners
As stated earlier, I need the scanned documents to be automatically moved to the right folder depending on their characteristics. So the software needs to analyze the doc (OCR), recognize some information (company, account,...) and then move the doc the the "company" folder.
2006-12-07 12:08:38 · update #1
It all depend what you want to do with the scanned objects. If you're just filing them away, then just scan it, you won't even need OCR. If your're preparing to keep them for future editing purposes, then you better get yourself some good coffee and a cosy chair.
2006-12-06 16:55:49 · answer #1 · answered by SASA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scan them as pdfs
Then merge pdfs to keep them together in files
2006-12-06 20:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋