Software to Improve OCR Results Based on Output from Multiple OCR Software Packages

Question

Is there an already-existing piece of commercial or academic software that can

• overlay results from multiple OCR packages (Abbyy FineReader, Adobe Acrobat Prof

Answer 1

There are two options that I have worked with previously and would recommend.

1. PrimeOCR. http://www.primerecognition.com/

It is a commercial offering that uses multiple OCR engines and voting to determine the best result. It is machine print only. Last time I used it they had 6 engines. Contact Alex Dahl.

I have used it in a major project scanning 20,000+ pages per day.

2. RecoStar from OpenText.

RecoStar uses voting and can do handprint and machineprint.