RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
Forgot to mention we use 1mage for our image storage. Les Sherlock Hewkin Project Manager Group Financial Systems I.T. Department Rye Hill House T 01604 592289 M 07917 856195 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Dodds Sent: 17 November 2008 19:38 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software You might want to check out 1mage at http://www.1mage.com/. They can do the whole nine yards of paperless office all in UniVerse. Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morawa, Hans Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:28 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software Hi Tony, To put my enquiry into perspective I simply looking for a electronic invoice processing system. The product needs to able to scan invoices regardless how they are delivered, whether they arrive electronically, or by fax or by email or mail, and then automatically match them to purchase orders based on captured information. This product needs to be able to integrate seamlessly with UniVerse. Regardless of how invoices are delivered they all need to be handled in the same way. There are products out there servicing the SAP and Oracle systems of the world and I'm looking for similar functionality without having a massive issue of integrating it with UniVerse. Hence my question to our fellow list members. Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs. --- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3617 (20081117) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ html head meta http-equiv=Content-type content=text/html; charset=UTF-8 /head body P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0ptSPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 8.2pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee only. If you have received this message in error, you must not copy, distribute or disclose the contents; please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. /SPAN/P P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0ptSPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 8.2pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'This message is attributed to the sender and may not necessarily reflect the view of Travis Perkins plc or its subsidiaries (Travis Perkins). Agreements binding Travis Perkins may not be concluded by means of e-mail communication. /SPAN/P P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0ptSPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 8.2pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'E-mail transmissions are not secure and Travis Perkins accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst steps have been taken to ensure that this message is virus free, Travis Perkins accepts no liability for infection and recommends that you scan this e-mail and any attachments. /SPAN/P P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0ptSPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 8.2pt; FONT
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
Tony, obvious or not - I think You missed something. Electronic invoices are common goods in some coutnries. Here in Sweden even for personal invoices - e.g. I get my electricity bill as a message when i log in to my bank. Business is moving on and some large companies will not accept invoices on paper beginning this new year. and now it's coming down under... -- mats Tony G skrev: From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
This sounds like some format of EDI, whereby either the fields are mapped programmatically or there are published standards (214's etc) that both sides can follow. IMHO even with EDI being in the US for the last 20+ years, it still usually comes down to manual programming. At least that's my experience for the last 2 decades with the roughly 40 EDI imports/exports that I've worked with. First you would need to identify some third-party 'standards', ie the data facilitators, then look to existing MV code from there. My 2 cents, Mark Johnson - Original Message - From: Morawa, Hans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 5:28 AM Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software Hi Tony, To put my enquiry into perspective I simply looking for a electronic invoice processing system. The product needs to able to scan invoices regardless how they are delivered, whether they arrive electronically, or by fax or by email or mail, and then automatically match them to purchase orders based on captured information. This product needs to be able to integrate seamlessly with UniVerse. Regardless of how invoices are delivered they all need to be handled in the same way. There are products out there servicing the SAP and Oracle systems of the world and I'm looking for similar functionality without having a massive issue of integrating it with UniVerse. Hence my question to our fellow list members. Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs. --- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
I am very interested in the data capture part of this. The Universe integration should be doable with UniObjects. PO/Invoice matching will be application specific, but doable. Capturing data from electronic documents should be doable as well, Being able to capture data off of paper documents is something we have done some work on here. The ICR product we use will only capture data on a strictly formatted document. We would be interested in an application that could recognize a variety of formats especially if hand written information is included. I am interested in how others have approached this. Charles Shaffer Senior Analyst NTN-Bower Corporation Morawa, Hans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/2008 04:28 AM Please respond to u2-users To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org cc: Subject:RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software Hi Tony, To put my enquiry into perspective I simply looking for a electronic invoice processing system. The product needs to able to scan invoices regardless how they are delivered, whether they arrive electronically, or by fax or by email or mail, and then automatically match them to purchase orders based on captured information. This product needs to be able to integrate seamlessly with UniVerse. Regardless of how invoices are delivered they all need to be handled in the same way. There are products out there servicing the SAP and Oracle systems of the world and I'm looking for similar functionality without having a massive issue of integrating it with UniVerse. Hence my question to our fellow list members. Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs. --- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
Hi we use an OCR product called Invoices from Readsoft. This looks for the data you want and captures it. It then remembers the format for the supplier. The best thing is it works. We do 1.5 million invoices a year like this. It produces a csv file containing the captured data and details of where to find the image. We capture the line item details as well as the header details. Les Sherlock Hewkin Project Manager Group Financial Systems I.T. Department Rye Hill House T 01604 592289 M 07917 856195 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 November 2008 15:24 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software I am very interested in the data capture part of this. The Universe integration should be doable with UniObjects. PO/Invoice matching will be application specific, but doable. Capturing data from electronic documents should be doable as well, Being able to capture data off of paper documents is something we have done some work on here. The ICR product we use will only capture data on a strictly formatted document. We would be interested in an application that could recognize a variety of formats especially if hand written information is included. I am interested in how others have approached this. Charles Shaffer Senior Analyst NTN-Bower Corporation Morawa, Hans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/2008 04:28 AM Please respond to u2-users To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org cc: Subject:RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software Hi Tony, To put my enquiry into perspective I simply looking for a electronic invoice processing system. The product needs to able to scan invoices regardless how they are delivered, whether they arrive electronically, or by fax or by email or mail, and then automatically match them to purchase orders based on captured information. This product needs to be able to integrate seamlessly with UniVerse. Regardless of how invoices are delivered they all need to be handled in the same way. There are products out there servicing the SAP and Oracle systems of the world and I'm looking for similar functionality without having a massive issue of integrating it with UniVerse. Hence my question to our fellow list members. Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs. --- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ html head meta http-equiv=Content-type content=text/html; charset=UTF-8 /head body P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0ptSPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 8.2pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee only. If you have received this message in error, you must not copy, distribute or disclose the contents; please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. /SPAN/P P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0ptSPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 8.2pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'This message
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
Lee, Thanks. I will definitely check this out. I am guessing that you take the CSV files and site specific processing with them. Hi we use an OCR product called Invoices from Readsoft. Charles Shaffer Senior Analyst NTN-Bower Corporation --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
We transform nearly everything into either PDF or PS and attach it using automatic or manual PDF attachments which is just a list of PDF keys in each respective item. If you're on Linux I can shoot you some pointers on how to do it yourself with free Linux tools and a couple for-fee tools. I hope that your PO number is visually unique, because it will be difficult to locate and match by text in any OCR unless it's: 1) in the same physical place on every invoice 2) always starts or ends with the same unique string Many newer OCR+PDF convertor software apps support barcode detection, but the best I've made use of it is to have the barcode show up better in the final PDF. I've not used it to route paperwork, yet. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morawa, Hans Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 5:28 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software Hi Tony, To put my enquiry into perspective I simply looking for a electronic invoice processing system. The product needs to able to scan invoices regardless how they are delivered, whether they arrive electronically, or by fax or by email or mail, and then automatically match them to purchase orders based on captured information. This product needs to be able to integrate seamlessly with UniVerse. Regardless of how invoices are delivered they all need to be handled in the same way. There are products out there servicing the SAP and Oracle systems of the world and I'm looking for similar functionality without having a massive issue of integrating it with UniVerse. Hence my question to our fellow list members. Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs. --- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
Hi Hans, You may want to look at an imaging software that used to be called Optio IDC Enterprise. Optio Software was acquired by Bottomline technologies. The software engine is the best I have seen for imaging repeating data (fax and print). You set it once for one trading partner and it teaches itself for the next partner. It takes it's template (which is called a fingerprint) and learns the new locations for the new business partner. Slick. It will create an XML file which is perfect for conversion to U2 format. Contact Pete Heydt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Bottomline Technologies (770) 576-3602 Atlanta, GA, USA. He can get you in touch with a local representative. Steven Horwitz -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morawa, Hans Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:28 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software Hi Tony, To put my enquiry into perspective I simply looking for a electronic invoice processing system. The product needs to able to scan invoices regardless how they are delivered, whether they arrive electronically, or by fax or by email or mail, and then automatically match them to purchase orders based on captured information. This product needs to be able to integrate seamlessly with UniVerse. Regardless of how invoices are delivered they all need to be handled in the same way. There are products out there servicing the SAP and Oracle systems of the world and I'm looking for similar functionality without having a massive issue of integrating it with UniVerse. Hence my question to our fellow list members. Cheers, Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software From: Hans Morawa We are looking for a electronic invoice processing system that matches invoice with purchase orders automatically and works on/or with a UniVerse platform and is available in Australia. ( Really hoping I'm not missing something obvious. *gulp* ) Hans, I don't understand the request. Are you looking for bar coding or image processing so that you can scan documents and have them match up with other documents? Can you give us an example of your business flow so that we can recommend something that fits? Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs. --- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Automatic Invoice - PO Matching Software
From:Glen Batchelor I hope that your PO number is visually unique, because it will be difficult to locate and match by text in any OCR unless it's: 1) in the same physical place on every invoice 2) always starts or ends with the same unique string Many newer OCR+PDF convertor software apps support barcode detection, but the best I've made use of it is to have the barcode show up better in the final PDF. I've not used it to route paperwork, yet. The responses so far explain my confusion. There are email text invoices, Emails with attachments in various formats, Fax, hard copy, EDI, XML according to OASIS or proprietary standards, web services... The data acquisition will be unique for each medium, so the notion of having one software package to do it all seemed a bit magical. Ignoring the electronic EDI/XML types, I think all of the other document formats can be scanned physically if they're not in digital format already, then as others suggest they can be OCR'd, but the software needs to be trainable if the process is to be automated, since all vendors have different document formatting and you will find the invoice number in different places. As to a solution that does that optical scanning part, http://kofax.com/ has various offerings, and we have researched something like this for a client and the best tools for development that we found were on this site: http://www.leadtools.com/home2/VertMkts/LTProdOvrvw.htm. Since those are components, a solution would need to be written around them. If you're looking to spend tens of thousands of dollars on this (and that's not unusual in this area) then you might prefer a less expensive DIY solution. While I offered to write a solution using LeadTools, our client never took it past the investigation stage, so I can't comment as to whether making or buying is more effective. One thing that came loud and clear out of that research - don't skimp on the scanning tools: a low-quality or low-resolution scanner on the front-end will create a need for lots of manual intervention to resolve errors later. Get good equipment up-front so the OCR-related software has good bits to work with. And before purchasing a solution, do a trial with a wide variety of your documents so that you can be sure it is fast enough and accurate enough for your purpose. As to document management with indexing after you have some metadata, there are many products like http://docuxplorer.com/ which can be integrated with Universe, and http://www.1mage.com/ specializes in the MV market. It may help to separate out the tasks in order to create a better definition of what you're looking for. These include data acquisition, digital scanning, data scanning, indexing, and retrieval. Any solution should provide an API, and make the indexing and retrieval part with Universe fairly trivial compared to the rest of the package. I hope that helps. Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development and training services (Nebula RD does not sell any of the offerings mentioned and has no affiliation with any of the companies.) --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
