Huntingdon Valley, PA, March 23, 1992--OCR Systems, Inc., a leading
developer of optical character recognition (OCR) software, today announced
FormRight, a software-only forms reader that recognizes machine-printed
and handprinted characters on a variety of business forms, such as
employment and insurance applications, questionnaires, tax forms, and
similar documents. The initial version will run in the Microsoft Windows
3.0 operating environment.

FormRight analyzes the scanned image of a form, captures the pertinent
information on it, and outputs it to a database file. Through the use of
advanced neural network technology, FormRight recognizes machine-printed
and unconstrained handprinted characters with a high degree of accuracy.
FormRight also recognizes mark sense regions (check marks and filled-in
blocks or circles), which are typically found on questionnaires and test
forms. FormRight reads alphanumeric, upper- and lower-case, and special
characters (such as punctuation marks) at a rate of up to 100 characters
per second (cps) on a 486/33 computer, and recognizes at up to 200 cps on
numeric-only data.

"FormRight automates the data entry of typewritten or handprinted text on
filled-out forms," stated Chip Gierhart, President of OCR Systems.
"FormRight is ideal for both low and high-volume applications--even a
fax-based system."

By creating a template, the user can specify the areas on the form that
FormRight should recognize. The template creation process is a simple one:
First, FormRight automatically traces the lines on a blank scanned form.
It also finds the anchor points, which identify important areas in the
structure of the form so that FormRight can align the template with the
scanned form image. To complete the template, the user then clicks on the
areas of the scanned form that should be recognized.

FormRight offers special features that help with difficult-to-read forms.
For example, FormRight automatically determines when a form is skewed
(tilted) or scaled (changed in size from the original) and adjusts for
these problems before reading the form. The line removal feature detects
and drops away preprinted lines, a necessary feature for reading text that
is written or printed on top of the lines in the form. FormRight also
detects background text (preprinted text that labels fields on a form),
even if it appears inside a field on the template.

FormRight is designed for production-speed verification of recognition
errors. Unrecognized and questionable characters appear in a window beside
the actual image of the scanned form. A magnified image of an error also
appears so that the user then easily verify the information and quickly
make any changes. Once this is accomplished, the text is output to a
database file. By using the database tool, the user can open the file to
view, change, save, or export the information into different database
formats.

FormRight also includes a Workflow Monitor, which allows users to control
FormRight on multiple computers across a network and to scan, recognize,
and verify on any station. The Workflow Monitor, which can be run from any
FormRight station, provides information on the status of jobs. This
feature enables the user to run an unattended job, set the threshold for
acceptable percentage of errors on a form or field, monitor all processes
to gather statistical information, and generate reports on jobs.

FormRight requires Microsoft Windows 3.0 or higher and DOS 3.3 or higher.
Other system requirements vary with the scale of the user's requirements.
A high-volume system (throughput of 1000 or more forms/day) could consist
of a number of 486/33 machines with 8MB RAM, 600MB hard drives, 15" SVGA
monitors, and production-speed scanners. A lower-end system may be set up
for fax transmissions. This system could consist of a 386/20 with a fax
board, 8MB RAM, a 14" VGA monitor, and an 80MB hard drive.

OCR Systems, Inc., founded in 1969, has pioneered many advanced techniques
in optical character recognition. OCR Systems offers a family of ReadRight
OCR products for flatbed and hand-held scanners, supporting a wide range
of platforms and environments. The company also offers ReadRight Pen, a
handprint recognition engine for penbased computers, and licenses the
ReadRight Software Development Kit (RSDK), a toolkit for integrating OCR
into Windows 3.0, OS/2, Macintosh, NeXT, and SPARC systems.

OCR Systems, 1800 Byberry Rd, Suite 1405, Huntington Valley, PA 19006
215-938-7460

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