On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:07:47 -0500, Robert Everland wrote: > Once you save it as a jpg though you lose all OCR capablities. I have never > known a program to be able to take a jpb and get text out of it, not say > there isn't any. Usually they take a tiff file and you can get text from > that.
THe user can be made to scan/save the file to tiff. Thats not a problem. I am not familiar with adobe capture, but if you can scan in a form > and OCR then it should be fine, but as with any experience I have ever had, > if the form is not perfectly crisp, there is writing on it, or it's in a > weird format you need human intervention to get it looking right. True. > > Robert Everland III > Web Developer Extraordinaire > Dixon Ticonderoga Company > http://www.dixonusa.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: FlashGuy [mailto:flashmx@;rogers.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:02 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Your toughts on a project > > > It would work if the customer had Adobe Capture on their PC, right? Scan the > form and save as jpg and pdf and then upload to the server. > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:51:21 -0500, Robert Everland wrote: > > > The problem with developing your own is that you will need to develop > > your own house brand OCR. OR you have them upload graphics and give > > summaries of what is on them and then look them up that way. Adobe > > can't convert graphics into text. > > > > Robert Everland III > > Web Developer Extraordinaire > > Dixon Ticonderoga Company > > http://www.dixonusa.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: FlashGuy [mailto:flashmx@;rogers.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:49 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Your toughts on a project > > > > > > I have the opportunity to develop a database project on the side. > > > > The customers will be uploading and indexing graphic files (invoices, > > shipping etc). Also a lookup function for people to look and or print > > documents stored in jpg, gif, pdf > > > > What software is out there that allows me to upload graphics, index > > the files and do searches. I would think the graphic files would have > > to be converted on the server to PDF, and indexed for searching? Is > > this what Adobe Capture does? Are there other products out there? > > > > Has anyone developed such a product? > > > > I know one exists already (http://www.speedscan.com/) but I want to > > develop one myself. > > > > Any tips would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Colonel Nathan R. Jessop > > Commanding Officer > > Marine Ground Forces > > Guatanamo Bay, Cuba > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
