hi Simon, often enough i am asked to do langauge processing on content that is hand written even though it is writtem on forms. You should make mention of the difficulties of such processing cheers jon -- Jon Patrick Chair of Language Technology Australian R&D Centre for Health Informatics School of Information Technologies University of Sydney
Quoting Simon James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I also bought an OCR program recently: > > IRIS Readiris Pro 11 ( http://www.irislink.com/ ) > > > > but it hasnt arrived from Belgium, dont hold out much hope, have > written > > twice etc > > > > I dont think that OCR is a good long term solution because it could > imply > > tampering down the track, but it would enable us to Copy&Paste into a > template > > for smaller storage for each scan/import. > > Hi Fliss, > > I think scanning to PDF (with a hidden OCR layer behind the image) is > the > only way to go (I think IRIS does this). > > Trapping just an OCR interpretation or scanning to TIFF/JPG (or a PDF > sans > OCR layer) are fairly big compromises IMHO. > > I'm actually about to start my feature article for the Feb edition of > Pulse > IT under the wanky working title of the "war on paper". I intend to > cover > options for retrospective and ongoing scanning, and hope to compare how > a > few popular EHRs deal with these documents once created. > > Scanning will constitute only 1 sub topic, and I hope to encompass: > > - Online claiming > - Electronic faxing > - Secure messaging > - Offsite options (PDAs, tablets, remote access) > - Filmless imaging > > I'd love to hear from people who are getting the most out of these > technologies, as well as people who have had difficulty realising the > potential. > > All the best, > Simon > > > -- > Simon James > Publisher > Pulse IT > > M: 0402 149 859 > F: 02 9475 0029 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: http://www.pulsemagazine.com.au > > 3/61A Bream Street > Coogee NSW 2034 > > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
