Does FormIDEA perform ICR for hand-written data?
No. FormIDEA does not use ICR as default data entry mode for text data. Instead, it provides image assisted and “automated data image tracking” mode for you to fast key in what you see on screen, which has been proven as most cost-effective and accurate way for hand-written data filled on existing forms. ICR is not built directly in FormIDEA since the accuracy of ICR heavily depends on users’ written style, and in general, it’s much lower than OCR for machine-printed text. User should know that virtually all ICR for forms are custom jobs, which means that in most cases it does not guarantee a boost in forms processing efficiency or cost-reduction unless you can customize your application and redesign your form documents to fit specific requirements on a specific ICR engine. As ICR is getting smarter, our product strategy is to provide good plug-in modules that can be utilized when needed, rather than build a fixed ICR engine in the product, that may not be useful or cost-effective for
