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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.

The process of digitizing paper documents using high speed scanners and OCR indexing software.

AI and SimpleIndex

Friday, 02 May 2025 by Simple Software
When it comes to automating the document processing workflow, it is impossible to avoid the question of AI. It is very hard to do anything nowadays without some use of AI-powered tools. Recent studies have shown that at least 40% of the average workday will soon be done by AI. AI is involved with OCR
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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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Instant Integration With Any Application

Monday, 14 November 2022 by Simple Software
SimpleIndex® provides a great alternative to “reinventing the wheel” using a document imaging SDK to implement scanning in your custom application. SimpleIndex uses a command line interface to enable developers to execute customized scanning workflows from another application. This lets you take advantage of SimpleIndex‘s TWAIN/ISIS scanning, zone OCR, barcode recognition and database export features
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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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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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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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Ensures All Required Documents are Scanned

Tuesday, 06 February 2018 by Simple Software
Some applications have a set of standard documents that are required to be present in each batch. SimpleIndex has the ability to specify a list of required values for a field then audit each batch at the end to ensure all are present. Any missing pages may be scanned and indexed automatically from this screen
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The All-In-One Scanning & Sorting Tool

Tuesday, 30 January 2018 by Simple Software
SimpleIndex® has the ability to perform a wide variety of scanning and document organization tasks quickly and easily. This makes it a must-have tool for IT departments and consultants who often need to: Scan and store various documents on network shares or cloud storage Organize existing MS Office, PDF and other files on your network
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Remote Document Capture

Thursday, 25 January 2018 by Simple Software
SimpleIndex is designed around the idea that it is more efficient to have a scanner in every office, making imaging a part of the daily routine instead of a new company division. SimpleIndex makes this possible by greatly reducing the cost and complexity of the capture interface and providing unique features that make it easy
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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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Compare Leading Solutions

Tuesday, 07 November 2017 by dwilder
The best way to see how the SimpleIndex processing workflow compares to other leading desktop scanning solutions is to see the same process performed side-by-side in each program. Below are videos we recorded of the same batch of documents being scanned and indexed in Kofax Express™, Kodak Capture Pro™, PaperVision™ Capture Express and Office Gemini
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Searching and Viewing Documents

Wednesday, 04 October 2017 by dwilder
If you have not yet decided on a plan for how to organize your electronic documents for later retrieval, you should take some time to consider the possible options. There are several ways to search and view documents processed with SimpleIndex® Use SimpleSearch to use keyword searches to find and view indexed documents Use SimpleView
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