Why is Forms-based OCR difficult?

  • The complexity of Forms OCR is always being able to match up the zones in your template with the correct data on the page. Scanner feed problems, image stretch and skewing or even slight variations on the page layout of each form can cause “zone to data” misalignment.   Techniques such as Forms ID, Registration, and Image Enhancement are all methods of addressing these problems.

Prime Recognition provides these techniques in its PrimeZone application on a custom basis. Manual zoning and template creation on a page-by-page basis is also available through the PrimeView application within our PrimeProof software.  And Image Enhancement, such as image deskew and despeckling, is a standard option in PrimeOCR.