ABBYY FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition Now Available; Cost-effective yet powerful solution for mass forms processing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003 ABBYY USA today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. announced the availability of FormReader(R) 6.0 Enterprise Edition, a competitively priced client-server application designed for medium to large-scale form-processing projects. Based on ABBYY's award-winning OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. , ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition or Image Character Recognition) The machine recognition of hand-printed characters as well as machine printing that is difficult to recognize. and OMR/Barcode recognition technologies, FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is the enterprise-level offering from ABBYY's FormReader line of form-processing products, which includes a desktop and a developer edition. FormReader 6.0 is highly accurate, scalable, easy to use, and quick to deploy. With a flexible architecture that utilizes multiple workstations to streamline processing, FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is able to process up to 10,000 forms a day and can be easily expanded as a company's processing needs increase. The system easily integrates with databases, accounting programs, and customer management systems. Starting at $9,500 (including the initial seven work station licenses) FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition stands at a competitive price point, allowing users to recognize a quick return on investment. "FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition represents our enterprise-level form-processing offering that follows the trend set with our original FormReader Desktop product, including a powerful yet easy-to-use feature set in a highly cost-effective package," said Aram Pakhchanian, Form Reader product line manager for ABBYY Software House. "The introduction of Form Reader 6.0 Enterprise Edition removes the previously high entry barrier associated with the cost of form processing software, set-up, training and maintenance. Organizations currently utilizing time-consuming manual data entry methods now have a viable solution for their form-processing needs." FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is geared toward organizations such as government agencies, insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions, educational entities and market research firms that need to process medium to large volumes of paper forms. ABBYY FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition's basic configuration consists of a file/data server and seven work stations that can process up to 10,000 forms, including forms with complex structures and mixed-type, multi-page forms for which the system is able to define both forms and non-form addendums in a single batch, per day. Users can easily increase the amount of forms processed by adding additional work station licenses on the fly; no repeat installations or upgrades to core components are required. FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition incorporates six processing stages -- administration/set-up, scanning, recognition, verification (proof reading; two licenses included), correction (QA), and exporting/monitoring -- each stage taking place on a dedicated station. Built on ABBYY's cutting-edge recognition technologies, FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition provides reliable validation and verification tools and can export extracted data into a CSV (1) (Comma Separated Value) Same as comma delimited. (2) (Computer System Validation) See software validation. CSV - comma separated values or XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. file, or into a database. It recognizes handprint hand·print n. An outline or indentation left by a hand. (ICR), machine print (OCR), check marks (OMR (Optical Mark Reader) A scanner that reads marks on specific areas of the page. See mark sensing. OMR - Optical Mark Reader ), and barcodes (OBR OBR Ohio Board of Regents OBR Online Banking Report OBR Ortsbeirat (German: Municipal Advisory Council) OBR Optimized Background Regimen (used in HIV treatment) OBR Optical Backscatter Reflectometer ) from a variety of paper forms, such as purchase order forms, product registration cards, application forms, questionnaires, insurance claims, and more. Quick Set-Up and Deployment = Cost Effective Solution FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition can be set up to process forms in just a few days. Before processing forms, templates need to be created and FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition makes this easy with its Template Editor, which allows users to scan blank forms and mark the areas to be recognized. Users can also design new forms from scratch using the included ABBYY Form Designer. Once the new form is created, FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition automatically generates its corresponding form template. The system administrator can also create business rules for automatic and manual data validation In computer science, data validation is the process of ensuring that a program operates on clean, correct and useful data. It uses routines, often called validation rules, that check for correctness or meaningfulness of data that are input to the system. . Built-in and custom-made validation rules A Validation rule is a criterion used in the process of data validation, carried out after the data has been encoded onto an input medium and involves a data vet or validation program. not only increase the accuracy of extracted data but also decreases the time necessary for verification. FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is one of the few form-processing solutions that offer user-friendly rule creations for both single-page and multi-page validation rules. In addition to an easy set up, the high speed of processing, excellent recognition quality, automatic control of output results and a competitive pricing and licensing model make FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition one of the most attractive data capture systems on the market. Enterprise Edition offers an open Application Programming Interface (API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. ) for customization of exporting, rules and user interface development. Scalable and Flexible FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition enables users to configure the system to suit an organization's needs, providing users with a high degree of flexibility. For organizations that experience increased volume, FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is easily scalable. For instance, if a user's documents have a complex structure that registers frequent violations, an additional Correction station can be easily added. All components can be installed using the same setup program (1) Same as install program. (2) See BIOS setup. and any station can be removed remotely from the server. With concurrent licensing See concurrent use license. , administrators are able to easily add new licenses and assign licenses or reassign roles to particular workstations. Automatic workload balancing, task distribution and routing allow optimized workloads among all the stations and minimizes system idle time The duration of time a device is in an idle state, which means that it is operational, but not being used. . In addition, users of FormReader 6.0 desktop edition can easily upgrade to the Enterprise Edition using the same template and rules currently in use. "One of the biggest benefits of FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is its ability to allow me to adapt workflow to fit my customer's exact needs," said Mike Stuhley, 14-year industry veteran and president of Formtran. "FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is easy to operate and thus easy for operators to train on. This kind of speed and efficiency allows my customers to see an almost immediate return on their investment." Key Data Capture Features FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition uses the high recognition accuracy that ABBYY has come to be known for. Easy installation, an updated user interface, expanded tuning options, and improved system configuration makes setting up and running FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition simple. It recognizes 177 machine-printed languages and 16 hand printed languages, including three newly added languages: Spanish, Finnish and Roman. With multi-level verification, data can be automatically validated using rules and dictionaries and as well be verified by a human operator. Additionally, FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition offers two options for data integrity control: low-level logical control for faster data transfer or classical transaction for more secure operations. Background and automatic export features enables batches to be processed expeditiously ex·pe·di·tious adj. Acting or done with speed and efficiency. See Synonyms at fast1. ex and exported as soon as they come in. Management and control of access on workstations is done from the export station. For data security, the system allows administrators to grant operators different access rights and assign processing roles. Detailed reports and advanced batch management features keep the administration informed of current workload and batch statuses. In the event of software or hardware failures, the monitoring station can be used to unlock and restore the system to its last known functional state and the job will become available for the next operator or can be manually re-routed to another station. Pricing, Availability and Trial FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is available now in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The base configuration starts at $9,500 and includes the initial seven work station licenses. Optional service and maintenance contracts are available. The company offers an attractive channel partner program with comprehensive training courses tailored for different levels. A page-and time-limited, fully functional trial version is available. FormReader 6.0 Enterprise Edition is part of the FormReader family of products, which includes FormReader 6.0 Desktop Edition and FormReader 6.0 Developer Edition. For additional information please call 510-226-6717 or visit www.abbyyusa.com About ABBYY USA ABBYY USA is a member of the ABBYY Software House Group, a world leader in document recognition and linguistic technologies. ABBYY specializes in the development of software for optical character recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR), intelligent character recognition In computer science, intelligent character recognition (ICR) is an advanced optical character recognition (OCR) system that allows fonts and different styles of hand writing to be learned by a computer during processing to improve accuracy and recognition levels. (ICR), linguistics, semantics, and electronic lexicography lexicography, the applied study of the meaning, evolution, and function of the vocabulary units of a language for the purpose of compilation in book form—in short, the process of dictionary making. Early lexicography, practiced from the 7th cent. B.C. . Leading products from ABBYY include the FineReader line of OCR, ICR and barcode software, and FineReader development tools. Companies that license ABBYY OCR/ICR technologies include BenQ, C-Technologies, Cardiff Software, Cobra Technologies, Freedom Scientific, Kurzweil, Kofax Image Products, Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. Systems, Lexmark, Microtek, Mustek, NewSoft, Notable Solutions, Optika, Panasonic, SER Ser serine. Ser abbr. serine SER smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Ser serine. Solutions, Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. , Sumitomo Electric Systems, and Umax. For more information about ABBYY, visit: www.abbbyyusa.com or contact ABBYY USA, 3823 Spinnaker Ct., Fremont, CA 94538. Phone: (510) 226-6717. Fax: (510) 226-6069. E-mail: info@abbyyusa.com . ABBYY and FineReader names and logos are registered trademarks of ABBYY Software House. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby recognized |
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