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What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Software VRS Provides  the best quality images to your system…  with minimum effort,…  representing all the content of the original…  with the smallest file size possible,…  maximizing throughput to reduce costs. Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Three Types of Software VRS Are Available  The less expensive personal version supports scanners in the sub $1000 U.S. category.  The professional version also supports more expensive and more feature-rich scanners.  The Software VRS/AIPE bundle adds additional image processing such as bar code and patch code recognition, line removal, forms recognition, etc. Back Next Software VRS for Personal Scanners Software VRS for Professional Scanners + Adrenaline Image Processing Engine

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Software VRS Works with a Number of Certified Scanners Fujitsu M3091DC and M3092DC Fujitsu 3093GX Ricoh IS01 and B+H 500FB HP ScanJet 6300C and HP ScanJet 6350C Panasonic KV-S6040W and KV-S6045W Kodak DS1500 Canon DR-5080U Canon 5080C Certified Scanners for Software VRS for Professional Scanners Certified Scanners for Software VRS for Personal Scanners Connection to Host PC SCSI Adapter PC Hardware Pentium III PC 500 Mhz or greater 128 Mbytes RAM Windows 98/2000/ME or Windows NT 4.0 Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home No Integration Required: Software VRS Behaves Like a Scanner Driver Open your capture application and start scanning. Install Software VRS. Select your scanner model from the certified scanner list during Software VRS installation. Back Next Use a Capture Application created with Kofax ImageControls. (Most leading Document Imaging Systems have a Capture Application based on Image Controls.) Creating a Capture Application with Image Controls requires a minimum effort.

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home The Capture Challenge Documents Are Not Created to Be Scanned Documents Are Not Created to Be Scanned Shaded Backgrounds and File Size Shaded Backgrounds and File Size Rescanning Back Scanning is Not Part of the Operator’s Main Duty Scanning is Not Part of the Operator’s Main Duty Document Preparation Document Preparation Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Documents Are Not Created to Be Scanned  Documents are created to:  Sell things (fancy colors)  Be unique and easily distinguishable (sizes, shaded background colors, watermarks, etc.)  Documents are sometimes damaged  handled by truck drivers, customers  Therefore, documents are often not easy to scan and require experts to get it right ! Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home About Low Contrast Text and Stamps…  Look at the faint red stamp. With a regular scanner, the stamp is not captured. Missing information can cause confusion and wasted time during further processing of this document.  The orange highlighted text block becomes completely black. Highlighted text is supposed to be important. Conventional scanners often loose this critical data. Click here for the Click here for the Software VRS Solution Software VRS Solution Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Software VRS Produces Amazing Image Quality Without Adjustments  In this example, notice how Software VRS is able to cope with both dark and light objects, even on a single image.  Light and low contrast text is automatically enhanced and becomes more readable, often more readable than the original.  Dark objects containing text are outlined, and text is pulled out through Software VRS’ edge detection. NO VRS Original Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Shaded Backgrounds and Complex Layouts Produce Large File Sizes  The G4 compression, used for black and white images, fails when patterns of white and black dots occur. Shaded backgrounds like the red background of the document in the example cause those patterns to appear in the image. The file size increases considerably.  The color image represents the original accurately, but again file sizes are large.  If you plan to share documents via the Internet, consider this - with a 45 Kbits modem connection, it would take:  about 40 seconds to download the 150 dpi color image.  about 24 seconds to download the non-VRS image. Color JPG DPI 212,992 bytes BW TIFF DPI with regular scanner 135,087 bytes Next Back Click here for the Click here for the Software VRS Solution Software VRS Solution

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home VRS Produces the Smallest File Size Possible  Software VRS suppresses shaded and dark backgrounds. This makes the text more readable and results in very small file sizes - perfect images to share over the web.  With a 45 Kbits modem connection, it would take:  about 40 seconds to download the 150 dpi color image.  about 24 seconds to download the non VRS image.  about 9 seconds to download the VRS image ! Color JPG DPI 212,992 bytes Color JPG DPI 212,992 bytes BW TIFF DPI with regular scanner 135,087 bytes BW TIFF DPI with regular scanner 135,087 bytes BW TIFF DPI with VRS Only 47,578 bytes BW TIFF DPI with VRS Only 47,578 bytes Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Document Preparation  This table indicates how preparation tasks are divided in a typical forms processing application.  Software VRS reduces the effort significantly to perform the yellow highlighted tasks.  Photocopying and sorting by darkness are eliminated completely thanks to Software VRS’ spectacular automatic image corrections.  Sorting by type is reduced when you use Software VRS’ Crop and Deskew feature. David Wood Associates Data Entry & Forms Processing Market Study Document Preparation Activity% of Time Sort by Type34% Staple Removal18% Insert Separators16% Other10% Photocopying9% Sorting by Darkness7% Taping6% Next Back

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Automatic Exposure Makes It Possible to Mix Light and Dark Documents Without VRS With VRS Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Autocrop and Deskew Minimizes Document Preparation  No pre-sorting per size required. Software VRS trims all images to their original dimensions automatically.*  No hassle with page size settings, always scan in maximum paper size mode.  Less storage space required. * Automatic cropping is only available on scanners producing a black border around the image. Automatic deskew is always available. Next Back

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home VRS Deskews the Grayscale Image...  VRS deskews the gray image first and then converts it into a black & white image.  Traditional deskew corrects the black & white image directly, resulting in jagged edges and artifacts.  VRS grayscale deskew produces crisper text.  OCR systems produce up to 20% less questionable characters ! VRS Deskew from Grayscale Image Traditional Deskew based on the Black & White Image Next Back

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Rescanning Takes a Lot of Time  7% to 9% of documents are rescanned.  Some of them need multiple rescans to get it right.  Rescanning is very expensive. Next Back The conventional way of rescanning: When the scanner fails to produce a good image, the operator has to adjust settings such as brightness and contrast and scan the document again. With challenging documents, this can take several rescans and a lot of lost time. Click here for the Click here for the Software VRS Solution Software VRS Solution Traditional rescanning is a repetitive and time-consuming task.

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Anyone Can Scan With Software VRS We asked 4-year-old Sophie, definitely not a scanner expert, to scan some challenging documents with Software VRS. We have to admit that Sophie has some limited Disney PC Game experience. However, she never saw a document scanner before and certainly does not understand concepts like threshold, contrast, and resolution. Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Software VRS Can Handle a Wide Variety of Documents This is a sample of documents that our operator will have to scan. Different colors, extremely dark copies, different sizes, faded text, red stamps, and carbon copies makes the challenge even tougher. Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home No Presorting Required Sophie doesn’t have to presort the documents per size. When you use a scanner producing black borders around the images, Software VRS crops the images to their original size automatically. If one of the odd-sized documents gets skewed, Software VRS deskews the image automatically. Sophie does not have to scan dark documents separate from light documents because Software VRS features an automatic brightness control. Finally, Sophie does not have to worry about carbon copy text which is hardly readable on the original. Software VRS’ sophisticated text enhancement takes care of that. In other words, Sophie just puts the documents in the feeder and pushes the button… Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Software VRS at Work … and there we go. Every image is analyzed and optimized - resulting in crisp and clear images the first time, every time. When a document goes skewed through the feeder, Software VRS deskews the image automatically. Faded texts, stamps, highlighters are enhanced automatically. Images with shaded and dark backgrounds are adjusted and do not require any intervention. How is this possible? Software VRS switches the scanner into grayscale mode and takes care of the conversion into a perfect black and white image through sophisticated image processing routines running on the PC. Back Next

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Rescanning with Software VRS Is Like Child’s Play Sometimes, a document is so unusual that even the best scanner and software on the planet is not able to produce a perfect image right the first time. We had to look very hard for such a document to trigger Software VRS’ automatic image quality problem warning. In most cases, Software VRS is capable of correcting image quality without any intervention. The document is an extremely dark copy of a Swiss passport and driving license. Software VRS detects the problem and shows the image next to some simple sliders to adjust the quality. Sophie just needs to adjust the sliders until she likes the image on the screen. No endless re-feeding of the same document over and over again. Back Next Sophie makes use of the easy- to-use VRS sliders to adjust the image quality. She never feeds a piece of paper twice. A fragment of the original - Can it be any darker ? After Sophie’s adjustments with Software VRS, AMAZING !

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Scanning Is Not Part of the Operator’s Main Duty  In distributed scanning applications, the scanner operator only scans a few documents per day.  Virtually no support (remote sites).  Use of lower cost scanners with lower quality image processing.  Once the image is transmitted to headquarters, rescanning becomes more difficult. Next Back Click here for the Click here for the Software VRS Solution Software VRS Solution

What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home Perfect Scans - The First Time, Every Time  We already saw how Software VRS simplifies scanning of the most challenging documents. This is of course very important for the inexperienced and occasional scanner operator who works in a remote location.  Less expensive scanners have lower image processing logic on board. Software VRS uses the same high quality image processing routines as Kofax’ high-speed hardware VRS solutions. It actually makes a $1,000 scanner look like a $20,000 scanner !  It is key that high quality images are transmitted to headquarters. That is why we tried out Software VRS with the most difficult real life documents with one major goal, to get… PERFECT SCANS THE FIRST TIME, EVERY TIME Next Back

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What is Software VRS ? What is Software VRS ? The Capture Challenge The Capture Challenge VRS Demonstration Kit VRS Demonstration Kit Product Numbers Product Numbers Home The VRS Demonstration Kit  Contains VRS demo tools and all you need to know about VRS and Software VRS  The Software VRS installation CD with getting started guide  10 copies of the VRS brochure (product description)  3 copies of the VRS demonstration documents  25-pack of VRS challenge mailers  VRS presentations on CD-ROM  VRS demonstration script  With and without Software VRS comparison document  Printout of the Software VRS PowerPoint presentation  VRS success stories Back Coming Soon