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Getting Started Guide (Free-Form)
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Chapter 5
Configuring Recognition
Overview
Recognition fields and free-form searches are configured using Definer. The main
view in Definer is used to configure the fields to read; the Free-form Processing
window is used to configure the data searches. The user interface creates both a
definition file (containing the fields) and a Recognition script file (containing the
searches) that both need to be assigned in the Recognition setup dialog.
This chapter will work through configuring the example processed in the Processing
Tutorial.
Recognition Configuration Methodology
Free-form data can be captured from variable document images to a high degree of
accuracy.
The typical process to recognize a document (which Recognition does every time it
runs) is as follows:
Step 1: Recognition of fields.
Step 2: Search for data.
Step 3: Analysis and output of data.
Step 1: Recognition of Fields
Fiel
ds can be in a specific location on a document or can cover whole pages. Fields
can be “cleaned” (despeckled and background elements removed) prior to
segmentation into characters and the actual recognition.