Prime Recognition Announces PrimeOCR Version 4.2

Woodinville, WA - Prime Recognition releases PrimeOCR version 4.2 improving recognition speed, faster reading of PDF files and support for barcode recognition.

New features in PrimeOCR version 4.2 include:

+ Faster Reading of PDF Image Files - PDF image files can be read 20 times faster then the previous version. Faster processing of PDF input files contributes to industry leading OCR speed of PDF image files.

+ Retaining PDF File Information - While processing PDF files, PrimeOCR can retain bookmarks, initial view mode and document description from the PDF input file and copy the information into the output PDF file.

+ Skip PDF Files with Text - Many repositories include PDF files that already include searchable text. PrimeOCR has an option to skip these files during processing. Skipping PDF files with text decreases overall processing time of the repository while retaining original text for improved search and retrieval.

+ Faster Recognition Speed - Enhancements have been made to PrimeOCR to improve support for multi-CPU PCs including multi-core CPUs.

+ Convert Single Page Input to Multi-Page Output - The PrimeOCR Job Server can now combine the results from several input files into one multi-page output file.

+ Barcode Recognition - Version 4.2 includes the ability of PrimeOCR to recognize linear barcodes during OCR.

+ Unicode Output ASCII Output - Support for Unicode output for CJK (Asian languages) recognition in ASCII format (adds to existing support of PDF and PRO output formats).

+ Support for LZW Compressed Images - Images compressed with LZW compression can now be read and processed by PrimeOCR.

Improved OCR Accuracy through “Voting” Technology

Developed for the production OCR marketplace, PrimeOCR is an “omnifont” Windows™ NT/2000/XP/2003 Server based software OCR engine and Application Programming Interface (API) toolkit that uses a combination of proprietary “Voting” algorithms and technology licensed from the best retail OCR vendors.

PrimeOCR is able to reduce OCR errors by an average of 65-82% over the best conventional OCR products while providing much cleaner data by implementing "Voting" technology. Since manual error correction can account for over 50% of an imaging system cost, by lowering error rates, PrimeOCR can reduce annual operating costs by 35%.

Designed around a fault tolerant architecture, PrimeOCR provides the production OCR marketplace with a reliable OCR processing solution that generates cleaner results than conventional OCR systems.

PrimeOCR has won a number of awards, including two "Product of the Year" awards from Imaging Magazine, and a "Top 10 of AIIM."

Prime Recognition Corporation

Prime Recognition designs and develops advanced character recognition software for the production OCR marketplace. Prime Recognition’s goal is to facilitate the acceptance of OCR by reducing errors through the use of sophisticated “Voting” technology.

Prime Recognition worldwide customers include Service Bureaus, System Integrators, University/Library systems, companies in the Banking, Insurance, Legal, Manufacturing, Medical, and Transportation industries. However, the largest customer segment is Government, Prime’s largest customer is the U.S. Patent & Trademark, with a number of installations in Defense Department applications, and other government agencies.

Prime Recognition was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Woodinville, Washington (on Seattle’s “Eastside”, four miles from Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, WA) and can be reached at (425) 895-0550 or sales@primerecognition.com. To reach Prime Recognition on-line, visit our Web Site at: http://www.primerecognition.com

PrimeOCR, PrimeView and PrimeVerify are trademarks of Prime Recognition. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

For additional information contact: marketing@primerecognition.com

Prime Recognition
Woodinville, WA 98072
425-895-0550
425-895-9580 Fax
http://www.primerecognition.com