Optical Character Recognition ("OCR") Information & Resource
Optical character recognition (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It has many uses in many environments, and its main function is to convert printed texts into editable, searchable digital text. Common uses include in data entry to digitize printed records, such as invoices, […]
In many law firms, every day there are hundreds of copies made, forms filled out, and client documents printed. The amount of paper used in a big law firm can exceed several reams per day. The cost of paper adds up and can be a large expense for a law firm with many clients and […]
Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”) is an important technology. Amazon now has a wonderful service that assists with OCR. Amazon Textract automatically extracts text and data from scanned documents. These scanned documents can be a litany of documents that are typically scanned in as a PDF. But Amazon Textract is more than just OCR. Amazon Textract […]
Many wonder what the effects of scanning an image using optical character recognition and the ramifications as it results with copyrights. In other words, when a PDF is scanned using optical character recognition and it is turned into an editable document, what is the impact as it relates to copyrights? Put simply, is the document […]
Optical character recognition (“OCR”) has become so widespread that Google Drive offers this technology for free. Many do not even realize the OCR technology that is part of Google Drive. When individuals create various documents from within Google Drive and then convert them into a PDF document, users can search the PDF documents stores within […]
Have you ever received a copy of a document in PDF format that you wanted to edit? It could be a form that you found online that you would like to edit and use. It could be some other PDF where you have found good information, but you want to put into some other format? […]
OCR technology has distinct advantages in the ability to scan typed written document. It has made it possible for documents to be scannable and searchable when that was not possible before. OCR technology has even worked with documents that pre-date current technology. Take historical newspaper articles. With OCR technology, historical newspapers and articles can now […]
Many do not know yet that OCR technology can really increase the productivity of any law firm. This can be the case on a couple different levels. First, in the discovery process, lawyers often have to review voluminous amounts of documents for information. Some large law firms have even lawyers on staff just for document […]
For many law firms, an important first step towards moving to a paperless office is obtaining practice management software. Many law firms are reluctant to take this first step. Instead, many law firms are still working primarily from paper files and paper. Making the shift to practice management software and a paperless practice is difficult […]
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