Business and administration
Invoice processing
Extract supplier names, invoice references, dates and amounts from scanned invoices. Accounting workflows can use the reviewed text to reduce retyping into purchase and payment records.
Receipts and expense records
Turn photographed receipts into text that is easier to organize, search and include in expense reports. Check the merchant, date and total against the original receipt.
Bank statements and utility bills
Recover transaction descriptions, balances, dates and addresses from scanned statements or bills for record keeping, reconciliation and document review.
Forms and surveys
Transcribe printed or handwritten responses from applications, questionnaires and other forms. Reviewed answers can then be entered into a spreadsheet, database or case-management system.
Digital mailroom organization
Read sender details, subjects and reference numbers from scanned correspondence. A document-management workflow can use that text to support sorting, routing and later retrieval.
Shipping and logistics
Read printed addresses, tracking numbers and item descriptions from shipping labels, packing slips and delivery documents, helping staff connect paperwork with shipment records.
Professional records
Identity document data entry
Capture visible names, dates and document numbers from ID cards or passports to reduce retyping during onboarding. Identity and document-authenticity checks are separate parts of the process.
Contract search and legal discovery
Make scanned agreements and case documents searchable so reviewers can locate clauses, names, dates and relevant passages across a collection.
Medical record digitization
Convert scanned intake forms, reports and historical patient records into text for authorized review and record organization. Keep the text connected to its source document.
Preparation for redaction
Make scanned text searchable to help a review workflow locate names, account references or other sensitive details before applying and verifying redactions with a separate tool.
Learning and archives
Paper archive digitization
Add searchable text to scanned letters, reports and office records. Retain the original images alongside the text so a document can be found and checked later.
Historical newspapers and family records
Transcribe older print and handwritten records to help researchers find names, places and events. The page image remains useful for checking uncertain readings and historical spellings.
Academic research
Extract passages from scanned publications for searching, annotation and quotation checking. Keep the publication details and page number with the extracted text.
Study materials
Turn printed handouts, notes and textbook passages into editable text for personal notes, revision sheets or study collections, without retyping each passage.
Everyday text reuse
Screenshots and photographs
Copy text from screenshots, photographed notices, product instructions and other images. The extracted wording can be pasted into notes, messages or documents.
Translation preparation
Recognize the source text in a photographed or scanned document, review the transcript, then translate the corrected text into another language.
Accessible reading materials
Supply actual text that can support read-aloud software and other reading tools. Reading order and document structure are also important parts of an accessible reading experience.
Updating printed content
Recover text from old brochures, manuals, letters and handouts so it can be revised in a document editor when the original editable file is unavailable.
Questions and answers
How does OCR fit into business automation?
OCR turns document images into text. Other parts of a workflow can identify fields, validate values, route documents or update business records. The application combines these steps with review appropriate to the task.
Which tasks can I start with i2OCR?
Use Image OCR or PDF OCR to recognize text in an image, a selected PDF page or an area. Review and edit the result, then copy, translate or download it for your next task.
Can OCR help with a large document collection?
Yes. Start with representative pages to check the languages, scan quality and required output. i2OCR also offers a separate paid Batch OCR service for collection projects.