Thought about it but the accumulated cost is to high as we deal in the 100,000+ range for invoices.

Thanks for the good luck wishes. It's definitely been a learning experience with all the variables for OCR/OMR/OWR!

Company I work for is looking for an existing program for scanning invoices. Basic requirements: Extraction of data from files provided by a wide range of vendors, each with their own specific layout. Server based service that runs at a set time each day. Support for a watched folder. Installable package, not web based service (no subscription fees). Rules based validation to eliminate the delays introduced by required human validation interaction. Batch processing of files with output as an XML file for database import. I've found IRIS and ABBYY which appear promising, but do you have any similar solutions to recommend? In house development isn't an option at this time. If you have any additional questions, please post a response so I can get it answered. Thank you in advance for your time.

With the large number of Android and iOS devices out there, (and MS leadership's incompetency in the mobile market), it would be beneficial to learn Objective-C and/or Java.