Scanning & Capture

NSW Parliament puts history online with ABBYY

A major project undertaken by ABBYY and the NSW Parliamentary Library has made available online a collection of over 60,000 documents previously held on microfiche. The documents have been optimised for online access so amateur and professional historians alike are just a simple cut and paste away from incorporating them in their research.

Kodak Alaris launches S2000 Series scanners

Kodak Alaris is expanding its information capture ecosystem with the launch of the Alaris S2000 Series – a new family of network/wireless and USB-connected desktop scanners.

Foxit ups accessibility in PDF Compressor

Foxit Software has announced the latest release of PDF Compressor, which has been enhanced to make scanned documents more accessible for people with disabilities using assistive technology. PDF Compressor now features automatic tag generation that improves the ability of screen readers to understand document content.

Overcoming the challenges of information capture

In the era of data chaos, organisations are faced with a near-constant influx of paper and digital documents that threaten employee productivity. IDC predicts digital data will exceed 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020 with 90 percent of that growth in the form of unstructured data.

NZ Finance firm adopts Ephesoft Capture Technology

Motor Trade Finance (MTF), a leading provider of vehicle financing in New Zealand, has selected Ephesoft’s Transact platform for document capture and analytics.

ActivePDF unveils server-based OCR

ActivePDF, a developer of PDF automation tools, has announced the release of DocSight OCR to enable business professionals to gain better control of their PDF documents and processes. This allows businesses to convert PDF files into searchable-text, edit and archive PDF in high volume environments with ease, speed and high fidelity.

TextGrabber 6.0 for iOS adds Real-Time Recognition

ABBYY has launched its TextGrabber 6.0 app, one that allows smartphone users to quickly and accurately convert a text contained in a photo or video into digital, editable text.

Contex debuts IQ FLEX Large format flatbed scanner

Contex has launched the IQ FLEX flatbed scanner able to scan A2 / C-size originals of any size or shape, or documents up to A1 / D-size, and unlimited thickness with an accuracy of 0.1% +/- 1 pixel and six-second scanning speeds.

Nuance and Epson Form Strategic Partnership

Nuance Communications and Seiko Epson Corp have announced a worldwide strategic partnership to provide Nuance document imaging solutions through Epson distributors and resellers

Ephesoft announces cloud services on Azure, plus $US15M funding boost

Ephesoft Inc., developer of Smart Capture software that extracts meaning from unstructured content, has announced the availability of its Cloud Services on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform.

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