New version of forms processing system supports duplex scanning
Version 4.1 of the AutoData
forms processing system from Southampton-based
data-entry specialist Kendata
Peripherals features a number of
enhancements designed to make it an even more cost-effective
solution for
a wide range of data-collection applications.
Among the key new features are date and time field validation
- to ensure
that captured data is of the highest accuracy - and a duplex
scanning
capability, which allows the system to support double-sided
forms, so
reducing the volume of paper used.
Designed to free staff from the burden of having to enter
large amounts of
data via the keyboard, AutoData v4.1 enables users to produce
customised
data-entry forms with popular Windows-based packages such
as Microsoft
Word - thereby eliminating the need to spend time learning
special
forms-design software.
With AutoData v4.1, form layouts can incorporate not only
barcodes and
check-mark boxes but also fields for typeface recognition,
image capture,
key entry and even handprint recognition.
The system includes forms processing software, a choice of
desktop
scanners to suit the user¹s requirements, Word templates
and special
TrueType fonts which enable Windows-based publishing or word-processing
packages to reproduce elements such as barcodes, check-mark
boxes and
hand-print zones.
Featuring a powerful recognition capability, AutoData v4.1
can handle
ticks or crosses in the check-mark zones, and either proportional
or fixed
fonts in the typeface recognition zones.
Once the forms have been filled in, they are scanned, processed
and
verified by the system - all of which can be carried out in
either
interactive or batch mode. Data is then exported to existing
database or
spreadsheet applications in any one of the many popular file
formats
available.
Other new features in Version 4.1 include enhanced handprint
recognition,
ODBC export capability, and encoded locator boxes which enable
forms to be
identified automatically without the need for bar codes.
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11th May 1999 Ref. KE84/2.1
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