{"id":6909,"date":"2016-12-29T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2016-11-23T08:03:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:03:54","slug":"document-capture-turning-paper-documents-into-searchable-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/document-capture-turning-paper-documents-into-searchable-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Document Capture: Turning Paper Documents into Searchable Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the rise of electronic documents, paper and paper-based processes in businesses are still common. Document capture, the scanning of paper documents into electronically viewable images, can bring paper documents into electronic workflows. \u00a0Why is that important?<\/p>\n<p>There are many benefits that come from the scan and capture of paper documents. \u00a0Additional benefits are also possible when OCR text-recognition techniques are applied to read all or specified areas of the scanned documents. \u00a0The benefits of document capture and OCR include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quicker retrieval and search for information<\/li>\n<li>Easier to incorporate and track scanned electronic documents in workflows than paper documents<\/li>\n<li>Reduction of physical storage space<\/li>\n<li>Easier Sharing and Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Easier to secure and protect digitized information<\/li>\n<li>Easier to meet compliance requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Document capture products, like <a href=\"http:\/\/formtek.com\/products\/ephesoft\/capture\/\">Ephesoft<\/a>, are designed to capture and recognize 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