Recognition Server as Centralized
OCR Service
If OCR is only performed by certain users
in a company and at certain times it can be
done on the users own PCs. In the case of
small- to mid-sized businesses this ad hoc
scenario can be implemented in a flexible
and fast manner by installing
ABBYY
FineReader Professional Edition or
Corporate Edition.
For large organizations with hundreds or
even thousands of employees which convert
a variety of different document types, this
per-user installation is no longer suitable
to meet the needs of an entire company. The
desktop installation in that case would
require significantly more effort involved
in maintenance, administration, training and
supervision. In addition, the licensing cost
of such a large-scale desktop installation
may be unreasonably high.
The most efficient solution for large
organizations doing distributed OCR
processing is to deploy the single,
centralized OCR and document conversion
service running on a server backend.
Employees can use the centralized OCR
service on the network at any time, even
outside normal business hours, and from any
location. ABBYY Recognition Server is
ideally suited for that purpose and offers a
range of unique advantages:
- Round-the-clock availability
of OCR service There is no
need for an administrator to install the
program on each workstation in the local
network. All the companys employees
have got an access to the server-based
OCR functionality automatically and all
the time.
- Low-cost maintenance
The installation, configuration and
administration of ABBYY Recognition
Server are easy and time-efficient
because these operations are performed
from a single central point.
- No special training is
required ABBYY Recognition
Server users don't need to have any
knowledge about OCR technology at all.
All they need to know about the program
is where to send a document in order to
get its recognized copy back.
- The single distributed
system for all companys offices
ABBYY Recognition Server supports
remote access via e-mail and the Web and
therefore can be accessible for users
not only from within the local network
but from remote computers as well (e.g.
from users home PCs, from offices
abroad or a partner office).
- Seamless integration with
scanning devices and MFPs
Since Recognition Server runs centrally,
an administrator can easily bind it with
any scanning devices and MFPs in the
companys IT infrastructure so that all
scanned documents can be automatically
recognized and delivered back to the
users in required editable or searchable
formats.
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