GovNews Blog
Our GovNews Blog focuses on indexing and redacting methods and news regarding identity theft, land records, court technology, manual data entry, workflow productivity, and more. If you are a court clerk, county attorney, register of deeds, or secretary of state, this blog may be beneficial.
Automated Document Classification is defined based on your business requirements and documents. Documents may be classified according to subjects or based on other attributes such as; document type, author, printing year, etc.
Once these classifications are defined, documents stored in an assigned repository or arriving by fax, e-mail or via an upstream workflow, are sent to an Automated Document Classification application.
Do you dream of walk-in, color-coded closets and labeled storage rooms? Okay, that may be a little too Type-A… but if you wish you could organize your daily responsibilities a little better, let me help. Here are a handful of practical tips, techniques and strategies for getting organized and taking control of your projects that work like a charm.
For more information on workplace productivity, check out 15 Hacks for a Better and More Productive Work Day.
As our workload continues to build and technology continues to advance, it may be time to analyze your current procedures to see if an advanced OCR solution is right for you. Applying such a solution can save valuable work hours, improve turnaround times, increase transcription accuracy and yield an exceptional ROI all while streamlining your workflow. Here are four signs that you should look into an advanced OCR software solution.
In my previous blog I talked about managing your workload, and one of the keys pieces to being able to do so is to prioritize what the most important projects are. But how are you supposed to prioritize projects when everything is a top priority? While working at a software company, I quickly realized that no matter how well organized the preparation – you always encounter surprises along the way requiring changes, and re-prioritization of tasks.
I searched for some tips on workload management and came across an article from Entrepreneur Magazine 6 Steps to Managing Your Overwhelming Workload. I found this article to be very valuable in managing my personal workload and I wanted to share my findings with you.
Abstraction is the process of reviewing data sets or documents for information that will be needed in the future for decision making. The crux of the problem is having domain knowledge that allows one to accurately and swiftly sift the important from the unimportant. When done well, the result of data abstraction is the compression of a large amount of information to its essence without loss of meaning or usefulness. Abstraction is used to manage complexity so important decisions can be made quickly and with confidence.
As I travel around the country talking to elected officials and government employees one of the most common talking points is the challenge with managing their data. Many of them still do a lot of manual data entry while others struggle with getting accurate indexing data from submissions using electronic recording/filing. This often leads to...
Imagine having a mountain of scanned and faxed paper documents in your office… oy vey—what a mess!
Now, imagine waving a magic wand over the mountainous pile of papers that automatically classifies the documents, captures the information and designates any potential confidential or otherwise important information.
In working with government offices, we have found one of the biggest pain points is the inability to find the time to manually enter or transcribe information through data entry. This is an enormous issue, considering if this information isn’t imported in accurate fashion, private information could be missed, leaving a breach of confidential data.
Can you benefit from OCR?
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is powerful software that transforms images such as faxes and scanned documents into human readable text. Access to this text is very powerful and can be used for many purposes. The questions below will help you determine whether or not you could benefit from an OCR solution.
My home state of Massachusetts can claim to be the first in many things in this country. The Boston Commons was the first public park. Boston Latin, not surprisingly also in Boston, was the first public school. Boston is also home to the first free municipal library and the first underground metro. The first modern World Series of baseball was played in Boston. These are just a few examples of the many ‘firsts’ that Massachusetts can claim.
I’m inspired by our customers’ passion and vision for increasing efficiency, securing sensitive information and improving customer experience with existing resources. Nearly every day I notice how our accomplishments are tied to our customers’ drive for innovation. I’m grateful for their willingness to share their stories and define their challenges.
Here are three key points that will continue to guide Extract’s focus in 2016.
