Scanning & Capture

So, you’ve decided to go digital.  For many organisations this starts with the desire to “go paperless”, scanning existing documents and digitising manual paper-based business processes. For many the first thought is to go out and buy a scanner, depending on the project your best solution may just be to rent one

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is undertaking a major project to digitise historic technical records dating back to 1860 through to 1956 detailing meteorological observation elements (e.g. temperature, pressure, wind).

ScaleHub, the cloud-based managed-service crowdsourcing solution headquartered in Norderstedt, Germany, has created a new entity to target Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The ScaleHub Executive Management team felt the time was right to officially boost the business’s global presence.

Socket Mobile, Inc. has released of an updated version of the SocketScan S740 Universal Barcode Scanner able to read 1D and 2D barcodes. With version 21 upgrades, the S740 reads 1D, 2D, OCR A & B fonts, OCR USC, OCR passport, OCR MICR (E13B) fonts and DotCode, covering most travel identification documents, including passports, international IDs and micro QR codes on drivers' licenses.

To help ease the burden on small businesses, gig workers and consumers, Epson has launched the new RapidReceipt RR-600W fast, easy and smart receipt and document scanning solution.

Dynamsoft has improved the speed and recognition accuracy of its barcode reader software development kit by 20 percent for dense QR codes used in applications like document automation processes, personnel management, and ID cards.

Accusoft has announced the latest update to SmartZone, its data capture SDK for forms processing. The version 6.1 update expands the integration's language support for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) by adding 65 new languages, with a special emphasis on Central European, Cyrillic, Baltic, and Asian language groups.

​The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation like never before and in particular the need for a digital mailroom.

Ephesoft has released Ephesoft Transact 2020.1.05. The latest version of Transact boasts advanced cloud native, AI-enabled handwriting recognition capabilities and an intuitive table rule builder, enabling organisations to turn handwriting (both print and cursive) and tables into structured data in record time, at high accuracy. 

On the heels of launching its Visioneer VAST Network technology, Visioneer has announced Visioneer Network Scan Service, allowing users to share PC-connected scanners to the network. Existing or new scanners can be made visible and accessible to network users, without compromising document security.

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