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Once the ICR data is available, do something with it. This is done by reading the ICR data that is
available in the metadata generated by the Get Capture Document task.
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The metadata is also readable by the Capture Condition task, including the captured text and the
reliability of this text.
The Workflow as such is the following:
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A Capture field is setup for ICR in a PlanetPress Design document.
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The document is sent to PlanetPress Production
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The Capture Field Generator is used to produce one or more print-outs using this document.
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The physical sheets are written on using an Anoto Digital Pen
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The pen is docked and the data is sent to PlanetPress Production
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The pen data goes through the Capture Field Processor, where the Capture Field ink is sent
through the ICR engine.
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The captured ICR data is retrieved with the document using the Get Capture Document task.
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Conditions are applied if necessary with the Capture Condition task.
Caution: ICR, just like OCR, has its limitations. Please refer to the PlanetPress Capture ICR
Best Practices page for more information.
Terminology and Definitions
In regards to our ICR technology specifically, the following terminology applies:
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ICR: "Intelligent Character Recognition", or the engine that will read the pen data and attempt to
recognize the text written using the pen itself. The ICR engine uses the path of the pen, its move-
ment speed as well as the overall shape of each character to determine which character was writ-
ten.
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ICR Value: The alpha, numeric or alphanumeric value that was determined by the ICR engine.
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ICR Confidence: A percentage value that the ICR engine gives to any specific value, when com-
paring the pen data with it's character database.
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ICR Resemblance: A percentage value that defines how closely the value resembles the "aver-
age" character shape. Both the Confidence and Resemblance can be used together to make an
informed decision on the contents received by ICR.
PlanetPress Capture ICR Best Practices
From Workflow 7.5 onwards, PlanetPress Capture supports Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR).
However, this technology comes with certain limitations. A successful integration of ICR within a
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