Barcode & OCR Extensions of the Datahaven SDK

Datahaven enables your data-centric application to support a wide variety of automated data entry technologies. More importantly, each Datahaven SDK for ECM enables your application to manage the metadata generated in the process and establish and maintain its association with the documents from which the data was extracted.

From familiar features such as barcode recognition to more advanced OCR capabilities that programmatically identify documents and extract data from them, the Datahaven automated data entry extensions enable your content-enabled solution to produce additional cost savings and dramatically accelerate processing times and other measures of productivity.

OCR tools available with Datahaven

Full-Page OCR

You can use Datahaven’s OCR SDK to enable your data-centric application to support the capture and subsequent searching of the full-page text of a document. Typically, you should consider full-page OCR functionality if the users of your solution will need to perform general research of the text of a document (versus a more focused search of its related metadata). A common example where full-page OCR proves useful is in the legal industry.

Standard Zonal OCR

Using the standard zonal OCR extensions available with Datahaven, your application can support the automated capture of index fields and the management of the metadata and document images throughout the information lifecycle.

Typical examples of document forms that can be processed include medical claims, surveys, applications, invoices, shipping bills, and tax returns. Our standard zonal OCR extension offers a client-only option for lower-volume operations.

When your content-enabled application combines these OCR technologies with the ability of the Datahaven SDK to programmatically name and file content, you will streamline data entry while ensuring consistent application of naming and filing protocols. This drives down administrative costs while maximizing productivity and legal compliance.

Premium Zonal OCR, ICR, and OMR

Using the premium zonal OCR extensions supported by Datahaven, your application can support additional technologies for the automated capture of index fields (e.g., intelligent character (handwriting) recognition, or ICR, as well as optical mark recognition, or OMR) and the management of the metadata and document images throughout the information lifecycle. Typical examples of document forms that can be processed include medical claims, surveys, applications, invoices, shipping bills, and tax returns. Our premium zonal OCR extension offers client-server and web-based options for higher-volume, more complex operations with a high degree of variability that require a level of customization.

Barcode recognition tools available with Datahaven

You can extend each Datahaven SDK by embedding automated data capture functionality so that your application supports barcode recognition functionality, including multiple barcode formats, multiple barcodes per page, and multiple barcodes per document. When your content-enabled application combines barcode recognition technologies with the ability of the Datahaven SDK to programmatically name and file content, you will streamline data entry while ensuring consistent application of naming and filing protocols. This drives down administrative costs while maximizing productivity and legal compliance.

Other Datahaven SDK for ECM Extensions

Read more about other extensions to our ECM SDK including inbound and outbound fax integration, email archiving, digital copier integration, and the processing of web-based and paper-based forms.