Converting files to a common image format, such as TIFF, on import may enhance and stabilize subsequent processing of these documents. BIC provides the possibility to convert the imported electronic documents also. While it can be advantageous to process electronic documents directly, as electronic text may be extracted more quickly and more accurately, there are cases when conversion on import of such documents provides better results.
Advantages of automatic conversion
- The standardizing of document resolution stabilizes the document processing: generally set to 300 x 300 DPI for all learnsets and extracted images.
- In some cases, OCR post-processing of certain types of electronic documents may produce better extraction quality when it is image based.
- A single document format may be needed for archiving purposes, for example to archive original documents in an external database along with the extracted data entries in one unified format.
During import, BIC converts each original document to the specified image file format attached to the associated workdoc. If the specified format supports multi-page files, all pages of the document are stored in a single file. Otherwise, each page of the document is saved as a separate image file and attached to a single workdoc.
The Processing tab of project settings in Designer includes Runtime Server and Designer import options that allow you to control the automatic conversion of documents during import into the BIC system. These options affect the following import processes.
- Import of documents in Designer
- Import of documents using Runtime Server
- Handling of imported PDF documents during OCR processing