Data from Scanner to Database
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Hi there, I am working on projects which requires scanning data from scanner, format data,store selected data from scanned one to database. Any one with idea? thanks
Dambod wrote:
Any one with idea?
What is the problem then?
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Dambod wrote:
Any one with idea?
What is the problem then?
Manas Bhardwaj Please remember to rate helpful or unhelpful answers, it lets us and people reading the forums know if our answers are any good.
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Hi there, I am working on projects which requires scanning data from scanner, format data,store selected data from scanned one to database. Any one with idea? thanks
Start by investigating the software that came with the scanner. Some of it can output into various formats e.g. Word, Excel etc. although I do not, personally, know of one that can do any DB formats. If that is no joy then there are several 'form-reading' applications. Just google on open source form reader. That should get you started. :)
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Start by investigating the software that came with the scanner. Some of it can output into various formats e.g. Word, Excel etc. although I do not, personally, know of one that can do any DB formats. If that is no joy then there are several 'form-reading' applications. Just google on open source form reader. That should get you started. :)
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Hi there, I am working on projects which requires scanning data from scanner, format data,store selected data from scanned one to database. Any one with idea? thanks
You could buy something like TeleForm[^]. You create a template form that has alignment markers on it. The software looks for the markers in the scanned image and uses them to locate the input fields specified when the template was created.
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is that possible to 1. read data scanned based on some criteria, 2. put those data that meets the criteria to database? 3. if so, please some hint thank u so much
As I said in my previous post, there is software (known as OCR software) that can scan data into, for example, Excel. If you can get the data into Excel, then it is relatively easy to filter it from there into a database. AFAIK you cannot scan selectively, it's either all or nothing. As I also said there is a class of application that deals with producing forms that are filled in and then scanned. I believe these applications can use a database. I gave you a search term for Google, and I suggest that you use that search term, read through the hits that you get until you find something that sounds likely and proceed from there. There are enough hints in my two posts to give you a start. Try them out.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Hi there, I am working on projects which requires scanning data from scanner, format data,store selected data from scanned one to database. Any one with idea? I am looking for idea on how to read data from scanned one
Repeating the same useless statement does not change the fact the you've asked a VERY general question that isn't really answerable. Without further detail, like what you mean by "data" and how this data is supposed to be formatted, it's pretty impossible to answer your question.
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