Data Capture Software

Data capture software

Data capture software reads information from scanned paper, PDFs and email attachments and turns it into data a system can use, such as an invoice total, a patient name or an account number. The right product depends on how varied your documents are and how many pages you process.

Matching the software to the documents

• Your own forms and other documents with a fixed layout. Zone OCR reads each field from the same place on every page, and barcodes carry values exactly. SimpleIndex does both, with automatic data capture that fills index fields and writes the results to folders, a database or a document management system.
• Documents from many sources with differing layouts. Pattern-based zoneless extraction in SimpleIndex finds values by their format rather than their position. SimpleIndex can also use cloud engines such as Amazon Textract for tables and key-value pairs.
• High volumes of mixed documents, line items and handwriting. ABBYY FlexiCapture classifies documents, extracts fields and tables, and sends uncertain values to a verification station. It runs on your own servers or as FlexiCapture Cloud, and we resell, implement and support it.

What to ask for in a demo

• Results on your own sample documents, not the vendor's.
• How the software validates data against your database or business rules, and how a person reviews the values it is unsure of.
• Where the data goes: a database, CSV or XML file, or your line-of-business application.

Send us a few sample pages and we'll recommend the right product and set up a demo or quote. For healthcare claim forms, see HealthClaimsOCR.

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Data entry automation  -  Form recognition  -  ICR forms processing  -  Accounts payable imaging