The LEADTOOLS Document Editor is a powerful zero-footprint editing solution for web applications. Now with speech recognition, the Editor enables users to transcribe audio to text, edit the result, and save to one of many formats including PDF, DOCX, and TXT. No server computing required! All of this functionality is performed locally in the browser eliminating any issues that slow network connections cause for web applications.

In our previous blog, we discussed the benefits of using the LEADTOOLS Document SDK to easily recognize hundreds of different forms and invoices. This post will build off of that, showcasing how to then automatically extract information and data from the recognized forms.

First, we will identify and then process the fields. The fields are the various locations on the form that were set when we created the master form (or template) for each invoice or specific form type. Our processing engine will look for data in those designated areas. There are many types of data fields including text, images, tables, OMR bubbles, and barcodes. Our engine loads and processes all the fields for the developer to then easily write how they want that information distributed. It is often good practice to check to see what type of field was processed and then write code for that type accordingly.

Many developers building document viewing solutions often have to load and edit PDF form field data. For programmers who use the LEADTOOLS PDF SDK or the LEADTOOLS Document Viewer SDK this is an easy task! With minimal code, developers leveraging LEADTOOLS can easily provide users an interface to load and enter data into PDF form fields and then save the PDF.

When working in a paperless office, businesses receive hundreds of different forms and invoices from different vendors. It is often a major pain point and bottleneck to manually find, extract, and store all the necessary information. Thankfully with the LEADTOOLS Document SDK and our patented Forms Recognition technology, everything can be easily automated to improve workflow productivity and efficiency.

With LEADTOOLS, users need only to create templates, also known as master forms, for each of the different invoices or form types. These master forms are then stored in a repository and used to automatically recognize which type of filled form is currently being processed.

Depending on your needs and data type, the term "optimize" can have several meanings. It can mean to optimize the size of the PDF file or it can mean to organize the data within the PDF file for a specific purpose such as web viewing. Thankfully with LEADTOOLS, several PDF optimization methods are available depending on your situation.