5 Best Document Imaging Software

Guest post by Rifat Rahn.
Do you know which are the best Document Imaging Software? Document imaging is not something new. Copiers, fax machines and microfilming all involved imaging paper documents, with different objectives. What is comparatively new is converting paper documents into full-fledged electronic documents to integrate them into the electronic workflow.

Are you thinking of document imaging system for your office ? Here are 5 best document imaging software:

1. OpenDocMan

It is an free open source document imaging software that is designed to comply with ISO 17025 and OIE standard for document management. It features web based access, fine grained control of access to files, and automated install and upgrades.

In order to manage your documents, most of the document management software required you to change your business rules but OpenDocMan allows you to integrate your current rules. It supports multiple file types for  departmental review and allows you to concentrate on the business at hand. It is easy to setup and use.

2. Microsoft Office Document Imaging

By using Microsoft Office Document Imaging, you can scan paper documents and convert them to digital images. You can save these images in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) or Microsoft Document Imaging Format (MDI) to your computer’s hard disk, network server, CD, or DVD. It also gives you the ability to perform optical character recognition (OCR) either as part of scanning a document, or while you work with a TIFF or MDI file.

Use Microsoft Office Document Imaging for the following —

• Scan both single- and multi-page documents.
• Read a scanned document or fax quickly and easily on your computer screen
• Fill out a simple form online that has been scanned or faxed.
• Perform optical character recognition (OCR) in a scanned document or a fax.
• Copy text and images from a scanned document or a fax and paste in any Office program.
• Search for text within a scanned document or a fax.
• Reorganize the page order in a multi-page-scanned document or fax as easily as rearranging papers in a folder.
• Send scanned documents to others in e-mail or as a fax over the Internet.
• Annotate a scanned document or fax and share it with another person.

3. Content Central By Ademero

As a browser-based document management software system, Content Central  doubles as a complete document imaging system. After installing Content Central on a Microsoft Windows server, each authorized user interacts with the application using a standard Web browser. Content Central contains a browser-based capture interface, (DirectScan), barcoding tool for batch paper capture (QCards), and data-entry interface that can be accessed locally or at remote locations.

Here the short features of Content Central -

• Find your information fast
• Avoid losing documents
• Maintain better security
• Centralize your archive
• Access it anywhere

4. eCopy

It transforms paper easily and securely into business value using infrastructure that is readily available in any office – multifunction peripherals (MFPs) or network-attached scanners. It helps to improve operational efficiency and business productivity. Time wasted chasing paper becomes time invested in meaningful work that contributes to bottom-line profitability.

It improves operational efficiency by letting you,

• Unlock paper-based information so it can be included in business software systems
• Consolidate paper and electronic processes into a single workflow
• Stop spending time and money delivering hardcopy information
• Ensure security, business continuity, and compliance
• Enable workgroup collaboration without the paper-bound constraints of time or distance

5. Laserfiche

It is another leasing document imaging software that can help business firms to be paper less. Laserfiche solutions help companies worldwide make information more accessible to both clients in their offices and staff at the job site with fully integrated capture, Image Annotation and business Processing management tools.

This guest article is written by Rifat Rahn, who writes on the subject of Document Imaging Solution.You can also write guest articles and share your favorite software.