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ABBYY FORM READER

ABBYY FormReader: ICR-software for data capture (PDF 979 kb)

There are only two ways to collect data from forms.

The choice is simple.

Manual data entry is a boring and troublesome method. It implies a number of problems: delays in data capture process, great amount of operatorÆs misprints, high expenses for labor, rent of space, etc.

There is an alternative to all these problems: automatic data capture system. ABBYY FormReader interprets any type of forms many times faster and up to 20 times more accurately than any professional operator, efficiently helping you to collect data from paper forms.

"ABBYY FormReader, Forms 
Input System" (PDF 696 kb)
Introduction to the product enabling
you to capture paper forms 
automatically

ABBYY FormReader interprets hand print, machine print, check boxes and barcodes from paper forms gathered from fax machines and scanners. After automatically processing each form, ABBYY FormReader highlights the indefinite and invalid symbols for quick operator attention. Because ABBYY FormReader processes all the information, entry operators spend just seconds verifying indefinitely recognized symbols rather than minutes manually keying in entire forms. In addition, ABBYY FormReader can automatically check the recognized data for validity against databases, dictionaries, specific formatting, custom rules etc.

Read Preliminary,Scanning, Recognition, Verification, Export, FlexiForms, System requirements pages for the detailed description of form processing stages. 

In the end, the data produced by ABBYY FormReader looks exactly like the data you get from your current manual system. But you get it faster, and it is more accurate and reliably correct. Your business process is fast, accurate and effective. See Benefits page for detaled description of ABBYY FormReader technology advantages. 

Processing of all kinds of forms.

ABBYY FormReader can process many kinds of forms, even those not specifically intended for machine input.

Due to various methods of separating of data and field borders ABBYY FormReader copes with any kind of field marking type on the form. Now in addition to color and raster forms, black&white forms can be processed too.

With ABBYY FormReader you can even process legacy (non-machine-readable) forms. This is possible due to a unique FlexiForms Technology.

Case Studies

There is a wide range of applications for FormReader, among them:

  • Businesses that receive order forms from customers;
  • Schools, universities that send test answer sheets to a scoring service;
  • Companies engaged in market researches, queries, etc.;
  • Insurance companies receiving questionnaires, claims etc.; 
  • Tax institutions gathering tax return forms; 
  • Medical claims processing;  
  • etc.

Here you can find Case Studies of some projects:

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