Hi all,
Apex 4.2.4
Oracle 11XE
I'm working on an CRM/accounting application. One of my wishes is to use OCR or document scanning in the app. The idea is that a user is able to take a picture of a quote (using her mobile phone). The picture should be uploaded to the database and relevant data, such as quote number, amount- and account details, should be interpreted and stored in the database. The application will be designed for desktop primarly, but parts will be available for tablet/mobile as well.
What I want to know for now is:
- Does anyone have hands one experience with such a requirement and can you please give me some pointers/warnings for pitfalls?
- Can anyone recommend a proper OCR sdk? Open source is a must. I've read some mixed reviews about Tesseract.
- My first idea would be to convert the image to xml so I can use xmlDB for further implementation and storage. Is that a necessity, or isn't it that important?
Any suggestions are welcome
Regards,
Vincent
http;//vincentdeelen.blogspot.com