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Forms processing - fast and accurate

Forms processing bridges the gap between incoming forms and surveys and the target information warehouse. Processing forms manually consumes significant time and resources. Automated forms processing allows you to use your people for more rewarding work, and deliver better results in the end.

Eliminate the monotonous key pushing
and data errors. Automate.

Gone are the days of processing stacks of lookalike, paper forms. Today’s forms take many different shapes and sizes, from hand-completed hard copies to digitally filled PDFs and online entries. The amount of human resources that is now required to process this information is overwhelming. 

Document scanning and data capture solutions make for much more efficient, and accurate, data collection. The forms processing software can automatically extract information from just about every kind of form imaginable and transfer it to a statistics system, ERP system, archive, or other target destination where the information belongs. 

Key features and benefits

  • Forms and Surveys - Check BoxesProcesses all types of forms in any format, including paper, fax, internet, email, XML, other digital files, and digital pen media 
  • Employs optical character recognition (OCR) and intelligent character recognition (ICR) technology to read and process machine-printed and handwritten text, barcodes, check boxes, circles, tables, and matrices
  • Flexible Forms functionality enables processing of different variations of the same form 
  • Configuration Tool conveniently separates installation from system setup
  • Output is delivered in a simple text file, easy to integrate with any system 

A quicker, simpler method of
getting the information you need

Whether you are processing customer or employee surveys, electronic order forms, questionnaires, market research surveys, or even distorted images of forms, the forms processing software will present you with the information you need in the place you need it. The solution is scalable to your needs – there is no amount of documents too small or too large to process. 

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Here's how it works

Forms And Survey Processing Flow
Forms And Surveys - Scanning

Scanning

  • Forms are scanned either centrally or remotely.
  • Scanners create images of the forms and locate the document fields.
  • Flexible Forms functionality ensures that all form data is captured, even when the form fields become shifted during printing or PDF conversion.
Forms And Surveys - Data Capture

Data capture

  • OCR technology interprets the captured data from the forms.
  • Questionable or illegible information is flagged for user verification.
Forms And Surveys - Results

Results

  • Data is exported to the target destination in a simple text file.
  • Results are easy to integrate with any statistics system, ERP system, or archive.

This is how other companies have used our forms processing solutions

  
Forms and Survey Processing - Copart - Reference case

ReadSoft brings manual data entry to an end at Copart

Still receiving faxes that require manual forms processing? UK company Copart solved that problem and brought manual data entry to an end with the help of ReadSoft's form processing solution.

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Maintaining top class service made easy with automation

ReadSoft offers useful solutions for surveys – which are grea in industries such as the travel industry. Find out how Carnival UK automated their survey processing.

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ReadSoft forms processing solution to do work of four data entry operators

For mail-order companies, automating the processing of paper forms is a huge time and money saver. This case shows how UK firm Thompson & Morgan is using ReadSoft's form processing solution to do the work of four data entry operators.

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Better decisions in Malmö

The City of Malmö authority has improved their decision-making and their connection with citizens with assistance from a ReadSoft survey processing solution.

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Reference cases for all solutions and industries can be found here.

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Forms and Surveys - Data Capture for Accounts Payable: Putting the “See” in OCR

Data Capture for Accounts Payable: Putting the “See” in OCR

This report examines current demand for OCR/Data Capture solutions and may serve as a guide for AP decision-makers considering a data capture solution. It also includes an overview of several popular forms processing systems, and case studies, organized for easy comparison.

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Automating Document Processing:
Room for more productive business

Automating the preparation and sorting of all your process-driving documents such as sales orders, delivery notes, invoices, and other business transaction documents enables more productive work, better service, and improved relations.

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