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Automate the process of capturing data from documents with SimpleIndex. Dynamic OCR uses complex pattern matching to capture data no matter where it appears on a document. Bar code recognition with database matching can completely automate document indexing and filing processes. SimpleIndex provides the most powerful automatic data capture features of any solution in its price range.

Email Document Processing

Thursday, 01 June 2023 by Simple Software
Import documents from email attachments or archive your email by converting messages to PDF automatically using SimpleIndex. Once converted to PDF, employ the power of SimpleIndex‘s automatic document separation, OCR, barcode recognition, and PDF text parsing capabilities to organize them into files automatically and upload them to your document management system, SQL database, or cloud
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Reduce Click Charges for Data Capture

Monday, 14 November 2022 by Simple Software
If you operate a high-volume scanning department or service bureau, chances are you use software like Kofax to scan and index documents for your clients. If you do then you are well aware of the high cost of click charges and the inevitable mad rushes to purchase additional clicks at the end of a peak
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Zone OCR and Dynamic OCR

Monday, 07 November 2022 by Simple Software
Other document scanning applications in this price range use Zone OCR to obtain index data from the page. SimpleIndex improves upon this time-tested but limited model with its Dynamic OCR feature. Let’s look at the difference between the two methods: Zone OCR Zone OCR is used to read document indexes or tags from text on
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SimpleIndex 10.1 with Textract!

Monday, 16 May 2022 by aaron
SimpleIndex 10.1 is now available, and it adds a huge new feature — Amazon Textract! The Cloud OCR License adds the Amazon AWS Textract Cloud OCR engine to SimpleIndex, unlocking a bunch of great new capabilities: The highest OCR accuracy of any available engine, using Amazon’s massive machine learning model Handprint recognition, including unconstrained and
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FastImport to Disable Automatic Processing During Import

Thursday, 27 February 2020 by Alex Stewart
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Fast Import Interface reference. SimpleIndex has a variety of processing functions that automatically happen behind the scenes when importing documents to improve the quality and functionality of the images and processing capabilities of the software. On some occasions these extra processing functions cause delays and conflicts or aren’t
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What is Document Imaging?

Wednesday, 31 July 2019 by aaron
Document Imaging was the more commonly used term in the early days of document scanning and OCR and refers to any system used to replicate documents used in business. It evolved from the microfilm days where it was referred to as Document Image Management. Document Imaging allows for the scanning of paper documents, as well
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Index With Non-Latin Character Sets

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Languages reference. By default SimpleIndex uses the ANSI character set to display and edit captured OCR data, index field values and full-text OCR. This works for all languages based on the Latin alphabet (English, French, Spanish, German, etc.) To index documents in other languages like Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic and
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Autonumber Increment Value

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Autonumber reference. If you want to change the value of how much the Autonumber Increments each time from 1 to any number that you want then do the following: 1.  Right click on the configuration file and “Open With” any text editor, such as Notepad.2.  Search for the following:AUTONUMBER_COUNT3.  Change
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Is there a way to just use part of a bar code or OCR value? For example, extract “50” from the value “124450”

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. To do this example, create a barcode field (Field 1 for example) and a 2nd field with type “Fixed”. In the template for the 2nd field, enter %FIELD1[5,2]% to get “50” from “124450”. %FIELD1% would get the entire value for Field #1, the barcode
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How do I configure the output folder and file naming scheme?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Use the Folder and Filename check boxes on the Indexing & File Naming step in the Job Settings Wizard to indicate whether field values will be used to generate subfolders or filenames. Any field with the Folder option checked will create nested subfolders for each value in the order the fields are listed. Any field
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Automatic Indexing Using Existing Data

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 by Simple Software
Automatic Indexing Using Existing Data The Autofill feature of SimpleIndex is an easy way to associate many index fields with one document without retyping data that already exists in another database. Autofill uses a database lookup to retrieve records that match a key value entered by the user. Blank index fields are then filled in
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OMR Optical Mark Recognition

Tuesday, 23 January 2018 by Simple Software
Simple Checkbox Recognition Some forms require scanning software to recognize the presence or absence of a mark in a particular location, such as a checkbox, without worrying about the specific shape or symbol drawn therein. The ability to do this is called Optical Mark Recognition, or OMR. Let’s take a look at how this feature
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Streamlined Interface

Tuesday, 23 January 2018 by Simple Software
Maximum Data, Minimum Clicks As with any repetitive task, a few seconds saved scanning and filing a single document quickly adds up to dozens or hundreds of hours over the course of a long project or daily routine. The most import part of planning your document capture project is to find the most efficient way
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Scanning & Document Migration for SharePoint

Friday, 12 January 2018 by Simple Software
SimpleIndex gives you an affordable, automated way to populate custom metadata tags when migrating documents to SharePoint. SimpleIndex uses a variety of methods to extract data, including zone OCR, barcode recognition, mark recognition (OMR) and text pattern matching. The data is assigned to index fields that correspond to the custom columns in your SharePoint document
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MS Office & PDF Text Parsing

Tuesday, 03 October 2017 by dwilder
Office Videos | PDF Video The template and dictionary matching capabilities of SimpleIndex‘s OCR function can be used to extract index information from the text of existing MS Office and PDF files, or any file with an accompanying TXT file. SimpleIndex® will search the document for matches on unique patterns and value lists, then index
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