This mobile application, gadget and use case trio sampler shows interesting and innovative scenarios to which we can apply OCR and capture technologies
I am personally interested in the apps that integrate OCR into social media functions. Whether it is a business card reader that connects to LinkedIn or an OCR solution that lets you take a picture of a street sign and share your location on FourSquare, I am a fan of it all; It is great to see the possibilities that have been created by integrating OCR into social computing
The application uses OCR and allows merchants to process payments using a mobile picture of a credit or debit card
The old favorite being traditional OCR and capture technologies, and the new underdog would be mobile capture technologies
One trend I’m sure all of you are wondering about yourselves is what our increasingly wireless society means for OCR and data capture on mobile devices. People in the mobile market tend to have one of two reactions when you bring up OCR and data capture
It is not designed for OCRing full documents. That is still the domain of dedicated scanning environments...Later in his post, Chris makes a very interesting statement: “… the typical user will be using OCR, but have no idea what OCR is
Whether it’s forms processing, paper transactions, records keeping or document archiving, there’s a huge need – and opportunity – for OCR. Each agency needs its own major document capture initiative to streamline transactional documents and to reduce the stacks of paper and hard copy files. Whether it is outsourcing OCR to enable the digitization of paper, using mobile capture on the frontlines of battle, or utilizing cloud computing to share documents, from a technology standpoint, any way to reduce the amount of paperwork can help the agencies deliver services faster to those in need
With a killer app based on OCR, your camera phone wouldn’t only be for taking pictures of your kids on summer vacation to be sent back to grandma. Rather, with OCR that camera phone could recognize bar codes and do an instant price comparison when you are discount shopping, or would capture and translate menus at those pricey restaurants at your next business trip
They’ve developed a mobile app that uses OCR and cloud computing to make filing taxes easier. With TurboTax SnapTax for the iPhone, California residents can prepare and e-file their federal and state returns entirely from their iPhone. It uses OCR software to snap a photo of their W-2 with their iPhone, answer a few questions, and review their tax information and e-file in a matter of minutes
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