UNSD Census Workshop Day 2 - Session 7 Data Capture: Intelligent Character Recognition

1. UNSD Census Workshop Day 2 - Session 7 Data Capture: Intelligent Character Recognition Andy Tye – International Manager DRS are Worldwide specialists in data capture from paper

2. Data Capture Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) Elements • Form Design • Hardware/Software requirements • Scanners • Computer infrastructure • Workflow • Accuracy • Advantages • Disadvantages

3. Data Capture - ICR Forms Design • Typical stock grade paper (90GSM) • Corner Stones advised • Dropout colour is highly recommended

4. Hardware Requirements Image Scanners TWAIN or ISIS Database Server (Full redundancy) Storage Server – Terabytes (Raid 5, Mirrored, etc.) Network (Gb preferred) Administrator PC CS-Pro PC’s Key correction PC’s (Verification) Character Inspection PC’s (Mass verification - optional) Scanner PC’s Automatic data capture PC’s Software Requirements MS-SQL or other database Data Storage, Archive and Retrieval Backup Software Software for Administrator PC CS-Pro for analysis and reporting Data Capture - ICR

5. Hardware Requirements Image Scanners TWAIN or ISIS Database Server (Full redundancy) Storage Server – Terabytes (Raid 5, Mirrored, etc.) Network (Gb preferred) Administrator PC CS-Pro PC’s Key correction PC’s (Verification) Character Inspection PC’s (Mass verification - optional) Scanner PC’s Automatic data capture PC’s Software Requirements MS-SQL or other database Data Storage, Archive and Retrieval Backup Software Software for Administrator PC CS-Pro for analysis and reporting PC’s Software for Key correction PC’s Software for Character inspection PC’s Software for Scanner PC’s Software for automatic data capture Data Capture - ICR

6. Data Capture - ICR Typical Workflow ICR

7. Data Capture - ICR Typical Workflow Paper Movement – Processing Centre/s