Data Extraction from Forms

Gaiim Forms Processing - text and handwriting recognition (OCR/ICR) How is data being extracted from scanned forms? 55% Re-key data Scan 32% OCR machine text 12% ICR hand-print recognition smi th SMITH 6% Unconstrained/ cursive Excellent How important is hand-print and hand-script? 100 75 50% consider the contents of hand-print or hand-script fields to be important to the business. 25 ...for 25% they play a key role. What's different between OCR and ICR? Form Types Technology Evolution No special design No constraining boxes or combs Condensed strings Dirty and noisy forms Bad quality paper Legacy forms Text Styles Unconstrained Handprint & Cursive Specially designed for automatic recognition Constrained Handprint (ICR) Constraining boxes or combs Machine Print Drop-out ink for preprinted text and boxes (OCR) So why aren't more people using ICR? 33% not using ICR but haven't evaluated latest technology 29% have localized decision-making 21% nobody is tasked to evaluate it 18% think they don't have enough forms 26% of OCR users are processing 100 forms or less per day. 10% are processing over 10,000 forms per day! How would ICR improve forms processing? Average productivity 35% improvement expected 35% 00256-009 Invoice No. 176884322-08 Manufacture No. 7658232511345 Charge 3,100.65 Please cont t Mary Jones Item 01 300.35 regarding de rery: 01816 5543 or mary@sin porg Item 02 4,120.00 Delivery 70.00 Productivity improvement expected by more than a third of respondents Total 7,591.00 50% 50% What else would ICR do for us? #1 Neme John Saves time on keying fixed data - eg, names and addresses Addrem 6753 East 62nd Street Indianapolis Indiana 46250 #2 Saves time on keying variables data - eg, qualifications, claims history, etc. #3 Provides keywords for retrieval search #4 Drives routing or exeption workflows Sponsored by: Gaim Forms Processing - user experlences of text and handwriting recogntion (OCRICR) The Global Community of Information Professionals PARASCRIPT° Galm Click here for free download of full survey report www.aiim.org/research/Aiim-White-Papers/forms-processing *Survey carried out in January 2012 with 328 responses from the AIIM community. ICR