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Types of OCR

There are two major types of Optical Character Recognition:

Full Page OCR - Converts the entire page into one of the below men-
tioned formats:
· Plain Text - Only basic text information on the page is retained
in a consecutive order.

· Formatted Text - Text information is retained in consecutive
paragraphs, saving font size and style. This can also conserve
tables in a tabular format, such as spreadsheets.
· Exact Copy - All information on the page is retained, including
graphics, and placed on the page in such as way as to most close-
ly recreate the original document.

· Searchable File - Text information is retained on a hidden layer
behind the scanned, image, allowing the file to be searched while
retaining the appearance of the original.

Zone OCR - Recognizes strings of text located on particular areas of the
page. This is usually for the purpose of indexing and document manage-
ment. The information can be used to name a file, save it to a particular
location, or archive particular pieces of data into an organized format,
such as a database.

Levels of OCR Software