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. | PAPER KEYBOARD 3.0 to Offer "Voting OCR Software through PrimeOCR
September 30, 1996 - New York, NY - Datacap, Inc. today announced that their Paper Keyboard(TM) 3.0 automated data entry software will support high accuracy OCR through Prime Recognition's PrimeOCR "Voting" OCR software. Paper Keyboard Windows 95 and NT customers now have access to production-oriented OCR software that generates 65% to 80% fewer errors than conventional OCR. Paper Keyboard 3.0 The Paper Keyboard 3.0 product line is software that integrates hand print, machine print, check box, and barcode recognition and supporting technologies into powerful data and image capture systems. Paper Keyboard's open architecture delivers a flexible working environment. Scalability facilitates processing everything from scores of survey forms on a single computer to thousands of tax forms on multiple workstations. A powerful scripting language guarantees full control over data input decisions. "PrimeOCR's higher OCR accuracy means cleaner data and significantly less OCR verification for our customers," said Scott Blau, President of Datacap, Inc. "PrimeOCR's combination of higher OCR accuracy, Multi-Processor support and Automatic Engine Recovery, make it a perfect fit for our production-oriented customers who require fewer OCR errors, faster processing speeds, and a high degree of fault tolerance from their imaging solution." PrimeOCR - Higher OCR Accuracy through "Voting" Technology PrimeOCR is an MS Windows based software OCR engine and Application Programming Interface (API) toolkit. Using a combination of proprietary "Voting" algorithms and technology licensed from the best retail OCR vendors, PrimeOCR is able to reduce OCR errors by an average of 65% over the best conventional OCR products. This reduces the cost of labor and workstations associated with manual error correction by 65%. Since manual error correction can account for over 50% of the annual imaging system cost in OCR-intensive applications, installations that use PrimeOCR can achieve annual cost savings of 35%. In addition to top Imaging Solution Providers, PrimeOCR customers include Service Bureaus, System Integrators, Internet Service Providers, Government Agencies, the Fortune 500 and companies in the Banking, Insurance, Legal, Medical and Transportation industries. "Datacap is a recognized leader in automated data entry and forms processing solutions," said Kenn T. Dahl, President of Prime Recognition. "They are experts in bringing leading-edge, cost saving technology to a growing customer base. With the addition of PrimeOCR, Paper Keyboard can further reduce the cost of data conversion by offering customers better OCR results." Datacap, Inc. Datacap, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is the original developer of PC-based data entry automation software. Its installed base includes some of the world's largest corporations, and most sophisticated data and image capture systems in use today. The company's strength is in data-centric forms processing. Datacap maintains a full service organization that delivers training, form design, system integration and application development services. Datacap's ongoing involvement in forms processing system implementations supports the company's objective of excellence in product development. Datacap is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY and can be reached at (914) 332-7515. Visit the Datacap Web Site at http://www.datacap.com Prime Recognition, Inc. Prime Recognition designs and develops advanced character recognition software for the production OCR marketplace. Prime Recognition's goal is to facilitate the acceptance of OCR by reducing errors through the use of sophisticated "Voting" technology. Prime Recognition is headquartered in San Carlos, California and can be reached at (650) 631-9800. To reach Prime Recognition on-line, visit our Web Site at: http://www.primerecognition.com |
