A2iA Richard McAllister Class Number IS128

A2iA - Agenda Definitions Demonstrable Integration A2iA Product Review

A2iA - Recognition Technology What are the differences? A2iA, ABBYY, NUANCE, I.R.I.S. OCR –Printed text –Used to convert machine print to ASCII –Standard business communication –OCR technology will reject any input that contains characters that are not machine print. ICR –Handwritten printed characters –Generally used to convert hand print to ASCII –ICR will reject any letter shapes that are cursive script, and not handprint. ABBYY, NUANCE and others offer OCR / ICR Forms contain words. What about the ‘words’? IWR

A2iA - Recognition Technology Intelligent Word Recognition (IWR) –Will accept all forms of constrained or unconstrained handwriting, hand print and cursive script. –IWR represents a dramatic advance in technology. –Most documents require manual processing – word extraction expedites this process. –IWR technology provides the ability to eliminate a large percentage of the manual processing associated with document images. Why A2iA? –A2iA is the worldwide leading developer of natural handwriting recognition, Intelligent Word Recognition (IWR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) technologies and products for the payment, mail, document and forms processing markets. IWR

A2iA’s OCR / ICR / IWR recognition engines can read any type of writing. A2iA - A Pioneer in Recognition Technology Easy Difficult

A2iA FieldReader VALUE PROP: LESS COST, BETTER ACCURACY, STREAMLINED PROCESS EXTRACT AT A WORD LEVEL, NOT AT A CHARACTER LEVEL. PAY ONLY FOR WHAT YOU USE. A2iA FieldReader's processing throughput and accuracy is one of the most powerful individual recognition engines on the market. It combines OCR, ICR and IWR technology into one single engine. WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU: RESELLER: Add true value, enjoy higher margins, minimal involvement, supporting client requirements beyond expectations. END USER: Drastically reduces your forms processing and data entry costs.

A2iA - Steps to Data Capture Identification Location of Information Extraction Intelligent Word Recognition Result Pricing Model Extract at a word level, not a character level Pay only for characters used. You set the threshold End User Cost for CROWN CLEANERS – 13 characters - $ – total cost

A2iA - Intelligent Word Recognition Character by Character Recognition vs. Intelligent Word Recognition Can you guess what letter this is? Answer = “C”

A2iA - Intelligent Word Recognition Word Segmentation Lower case zone Graphemes

A2iA - IWR - List of Possible Answers 1- Yvette Collette (715) 2- Yvette Violette (141) 3- Yvette Odette (103) 4- Joelle Collette (20) 5- Joelle Violette (5)

A2iA - One Recognition Engine for all Types of Fields & Documents From the Easiest... Pre-box OMR Unconstrained handprint Amount Cursive handwriting Date Signature detection

A2iA - Known Structured Forms Extraction End-User Defined Page Template: Data Extraction Recognition Zones

A2iA Corp. – Richard McAllister Provided Recognition Technology – A2iA FieldReader Adamant Security Inc. – Zaheer Master Project Coordinator Handled Laserfiche Implementation Cities Digital Inc. – Russell Bahr Handled Integration of Laserfiche and A2iA FieldReader A2iA - Demonstrable Integration

Computers for Youth foundation is a non-profit organization that distributes computers to underprivileged children. A2iA Adamant SecurityCities Digital Laserfiche offered the Document Management application. A2iA provided the recognition technology. Cities Digital was contracted to write the integration and provide the finishing touches to this project. Requirement –Process applications and surveys. –These were mostly handwritten, since most of the children who were completing the forms do not have access to the internet. Computers for Youth was referred to Adamant Security by Laserfiche in April –CFY had found a number of programs that could do ICR, but none of them offered the document management that was needed.

A2iA - Workflow Diagram scan Batched scanned into Laserfiche Integration module sends forms to A2iA FieldReader Forms are processed by A2iA FieldReader Integration module takes data from A2iA FieldReader and populates Laserfiche template fields Forms are named and routed based on template data Template data is shared with help desk application

Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis Provide More Information from Paper Documents Printed Character Recognition (OCR) Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) Intelligent Word Recognition (IWR) Handwritten Address Capture Printed Address Capture Keyword Spotting Field & Data Location –A2iA CheckReader - automatic Document Type Classification Writing Type Detection Artificial Intelligence (AI) Writing Presence Detection Image Quality Analysis Image Usability Analysis Document Identification Image Pre-Processing Address Block Location - Envelopes & Flats Binarization Image Analysis (IA) Ai+iA = A2iA

A2iA Technology A2iA’s products all share the same core technology; however, the recognition process is different. A2iA DocumentReader A2iA FieldReader A2iA AddressReader A2iA CheckReader Locates paragraphs and extracts keywords from entire handwritten documents. Locates the address block then recognizes each part of the address line. Locates and recognizes each designated field. Automatically recognizes the compulsory fields from the check.

A2iA CheckReader Payer Name & Address Date Courtesy Amount Payee Name Legal Amount Signature Detection MICR Memo Line Check Number The World’s Most Comprehensive Check Processing Toolkit

Locate key information ANYWHERE on ANY UNKNOWN or UNSTRUCTURED DOCUMENT --Addresses --Customer Names --Keywords --Social Security Numbers --Amounts --Dates --Names --Products --Phone Numbers --etc… A2iA DocumentReader

A2iA - Intelligent Classification and Recognition Literal transcription A2iA DocumentReader searches through the entire body text of handwritten letters and recognizes full paragraphs. It then forwards the recognized information to the mail processing application. A2iA DocumentReader automatically extracts and recognizes user-defined keywords and key expressions in a cursive paragraph. Recognition results i_would_therefore_like_to_ transfer_the_above_ account_into_my_name _ Keyword spotting

A2iA - Form Examples Industries –Financial ServicesLife Insurance Policy, Vouchers –Law EnforcementMotor Vehicle Accident Report –HealthcareEOB Forms –EducationSAT Tests –MedicalClaims, General Information Horizontal –AccountingRemittance processing –Human ResourcesJob Application Forms –Consumer GoodsSurveys –RegulatoryProcedure Forms –LegalMortgages, Contracts –(Medical) Special Services/ClinicsTest Reports –Product DevelopmentECN Forms –DepartmentsCorrespondence / Memos

Street Number Zip Code Flat Number Street Name City A2iA AddressReader

A2iA - Billions of Documents Processed Worldwide End Users Include: Telecom/Post Government Banking & Finance Transport/ Communication Health /Insurance

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY.

THANK YOU