What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

[Hansoon]

What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Customer got a refurbished Bizhub-C-353 from us and want to make searchable PDF scans with it. I am not very familiar with the matter (euphemistic font off.....) and would like to know what are nowadays solutions. Either KonicaMinolta based or from elsewhere on the market.

Thanks in advance.

Hans

[riyadh_ksa]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Customer got a refurbished Bizhub-C-353 from us and want to make searchable PDF scans with it. I am not very familiar with the matter (euphemistic font off.....) and would like to know what are nowadays solutions. Either KonicaMinolta based or from elsewhere on the market.

Thanks in advance.

Hans

In regards with OCR,i used (readiris or nitro pdf)...

[RRodgers]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Customer got a refurbished Bizhub-C-353 from us and want to make searchable PDF scans with it. I am not very familiar with the matter (euphemistic font off.....) and would like to know what are nowadays solutions. Either KonicaMinolta based or from elsewhere on the market.

Thanks in advance.

Hans

You machine is probably too old, but KM is now offering a hardware/software solution that is added to the copier (ioption thing I think) for OCR'ing scans off the machine. So every PDF that is scanned off the copier will automatically be OCR'ed. I personally have some software that I got for a neighbor but he didn't want it. I'd be happy to part with it (to cover what I have in it, it's still brand new in the box I recieved it in) Drop me a PM if you like.

[Synaux]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Customer got a refurbished Bizhub-C-353 from us and want to make searchable PDF scans with it. I am not very familiar with the matter (euphemistic font off.....) and would like to know what are nowadays solutions. Either KonicaMinolta based or from elsewhere on the market.

Thanks in advance.

Hans

I use ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional which is half off right now.

Note:
Regardless of the program used, I would impress the fact on the customer that OCR is not a perfect science. Images that are low resolution, have hand writing on them, coffee stains, etc will get aberrant results.
Basically, because of the additional proofing required and the additional possibility for proofing errors, as well as time, I would tell them you run OCR only when necessary....or for small jobs, retype it.

Another note when using ABBYY (don't know much about other programs) you can overlay the OCRd text over the scan image--which can be very useful for certain scans.

Lastly, I believe that Fiery packages some OCR software with their units, but I have never used it.

[Hansoon]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Thanks guys.

Customer wants to be able to search more or less on a regular base his stored PDF's for certain keywords.

If the MFP could handle this from the beginning (to produce searchable PDF's I mean) this would be fine but I am sure the older BH-C-353 can't do this. So we will need a standalone software which converts the scan as soon as it enters the folder in the workstation or server and/or on a later occasion if desired.

Hans

[Synaux]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Thanks guys.

Customer wants to be able to search more or less on a regular base his stored PDF's for certain keywords.

If the MFP could handle this from the beginning (to produce searchable PDF's I mean) this would be fine but I am sure the older BH-C-353 can't do this. So we will need a standalone software which converts the scan as soon as it enters the folder in the workstation or server and/or on a later occasion if desired.

Hans

Some sort of automated OCR program?


I was about to go on a tangent about writing a program, but then I Googled around a bit and found this
and this:

What does it mean to watch a folder?
One of FileConvert's abilities is to monitor a folder for incoming scans. This is called watching a folder. This is useful for network scanners or fax servers which save new files to a specific folder. When a new file arrives in the folder, FileConvert will convert it to a searchable PDF file and optionally route it to any place you would like it to go.

Two others:

http://www.irislink.com

ABBYY has a "Recognition Server" but you have to contact sales--so its probably expensive

They are all expensive...(although one can find it for free use *cough "torrent"*) if you spend some time searching you might be able to find an open source project or something cheaper.

I forgot all about pdfxchange too (I don't think it has automatic features, but it is free)

[Synaux]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Speaking of PDFXchange, and searching through pdfs this shows how to search directories of pdfs without opening them--VERY cool.

[JustManuals]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

I've used Abbey Fine Reader Pro in the past, works well but it IS slow.

HtH

Paul

[wseyller]

Konica Minolta is a dealer for DocRecord software by Prism. It is not cheap. It has a document server that stores all the documents that can be indexed and placed in categories. An add-on available is their automation server which you can scan from the bizhub or other scanner to a watch folder. Automation server can have processes to grab the scanned doc and index information and OCR the document based on a template created. You can even scan multiple types docs all in one operation. There are trigger templates that decide what document it is and when to start a new document. The client software has a powerfull search function.

I am certified on DocRecord if you have more questions.


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[Ctl-Alt-Del]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

OmniPage Ultimate - Regular price is $500 but you can order it online directly from Nuance through 1/2/2014 for $99. IT CAN DO EVERYTHING.

[ApeosMan]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

OmniPage is very well known for OCRing and it's been around for years. If the customer scans back to a folder on their computer or file server Omnipage can be setup to poll the folder and automatically OCR new files.

[bronco31]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

the brand new "1" series Kyoceras have OCR capability but to enable it seems a quagmire...its an option that has to be enabled then a license entered.. theres supposedly a trial.. the tech training update for this new 6501 series says its standard on high speed models.. uh..not on the one at my shop !
so much complexity these days and there just isnt enough hours in a day to master all these features....sigh

[ApeosMan]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Yes I'd say all MFP manufacturers offer onboard OCR capabilities these days, though the quality would differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. I'd be careful about defaulting scanning on an MFP to OCR like a searchable PDF as it will greatly slow down the on-board scanning process.

[Hansoon]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Thanks very much guys.

Rumor goes that KonicaMinolta has a very simple piece of software dedicated only for Scan-OCR-PDF jobs.

I cannot find anything on the Internet about it. Does anyone has inside information about this?

Hans

[slimslob]

Re: What OCR-Software for searcheable PDF's from scans?

Thanks very much guys.

Rumor goes that KonicaMinolta has a very simple piece of software dedicated only for Scan-OCR-PDF jobs.

I cannot find anything on the Internet about it. Does anyone has inside information about this?

Hans

I'm not certain, but it might be part of the bundleware that comes with a new machine. Usually it is a stripped down version of the software. A check of the Operator manual might reveal the actual name of the software.