This article, by Jon Jacobi , discusses easy and helpful ways to convert various forms of analog media into high-quality digital files. The article discusses four forms of analog media: music , movies , pictures and documents , all of which take up a lot of space and consume a lot of time to organize and access
While papers can be filed alphabetically and searched for later, digital files allow employees to skip that step and get directly to specific documents
It uses OCR to allowconsumers to easily convert books, newspapers, magazines or other printed materials to digital files that are compatible with popular electronic readers
OCR helps lawyers and firms quickly and easily automate the conversion of documents into digital files, enabling data to be easily accessed and securely stored
The task I was given was to come up with a new digital version of the wineries defacto back label. The original digital file has been sequestered by a printer, and a new one needed to be created for wine that was to be bottled in just a few days
· Recognition – using OCR (or Optical Character Recognition) to convert printed characters or machine text into digital files; ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) a step above the former, to read constrained handprint, including printed characters in a form, box or other document limitations, and handprint, including cursive, barcodes, and more
There are many types of strategies and technologies for holding digital files but one high level issue brought about by all of the digitization of paper records, not to mention the existing masses of digital copy is how to manage records across the organization and what impact it may have
He could read them on the CD using the embedded viewer but could not import them to his system and my digital file due to incompatibility between the two software applications and the way the files were stored on the CD
I started off talking about digital file formats, email policies, and ERM software but was getting a few blank stares
Metaphorically speaking, scanning paper into digital files is the machine that many companies are not buying but ultimately paying for over and over again