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Change the OCR Font or Type

Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete OCR Options reference. This is used to changed the default OCR recognition font or type from the default, which is “To Be Detected”. This can be used to look for a specific type of OCR font and is especially useful for recognizing things like Dotmatrix, OCR A and OCR B.
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Regular Expression (RegEx) – Syntax or Type

Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Regular Expressions reference. SimpleIndex uses the .NET regular expressions library. .NET uses the JavaScript/ECMAScript regular expression syntax format. For more information see the Regular Expressions Wiki Page.
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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”

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 can I improve recognition rates for my OCR fields?

There are several things you can do to improve accuracy for OCR. Scan at 300dpi, black & white for best results. Adjust the scan settings to remove background noise and improve the definition of characters. For Zone OCR, field recognition can often vary based on the surrounding white space and text in the zone. Try
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