https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Reading-PDF-picture-with-OCR-and-comparing-text-to-template/m-p/73138#M25743 <P>Hello everyone!<BR /><BR />I'm currently facing a challenge in a client project where we have to read all the text from a PDF image (particularly a signed and scanned document) and compare it to the template source to spot any differences.<BR /><BR /></P> Our biggest issues right now are:<BR /><BR /> <UL> <LI>What is the best form to read the PDF? If we are going the OCR way, it will never be 100% accurate (and it has to, since we are comparing it to the original document to spot differences); plus, then we have to spy Adobe Reader, worry about zooming, scrolling down, etc.</LI> </UL> <UL> <LI>How can we compare text and get a percentage of match? Is there any VBO available that does this?</LI> </UL> <BR />We know there is third-party apps that can do this, like Abbyy, however we would like to first test non-third-party solutions before we go that route, since this document has sensitive data.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.<BR /><BR />Best Regards,<BR />André Sales.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />André Sales Lopes<BR />Consultant<BR />EY<BR />Europe/London<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:26:00 GMT andresales 2019-06-07T10:26:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Reading-PDF-picture-with-OCR-and-comparing-text-to-template/m-p/73138#M25743 <P>Hello everyone!<BR /><BR />I'm currently facing a challenge in a client project where we have to read all the text from a PDF image (particularly a signed and scanned document) and compare it to the template source to spot any differences.<BR /><BR /></P> Our biggest issues right now are:<BR /><BR /> <UL> <LI>What is the best form to read the PDF? If we are going the OCR way, it will never be 100% accurate (and it has to, since we are comparing it to the original document to spot differences); plus, then we have to spy Adobe Reader, worry about zooming, scrolling down, etc.</LI> </UL> <UL> <LI>How can we compare text and get a percentage of match? Is there any VBO available that does this?</LI> </UL> <BR />We know there is third-party apps that can do this, like Abbyy, however we would like to first test non-third-party solutions before we go that route, since this document has sensitive data.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.<BR /><BR />Best Regards,<BR />André Sales.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />André Sales Lopes<BR />Consultant<BR />EY<BR />Europe/London<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:26:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Reading-PDF-picture-with-OCR-and-comparing-text-to-template/m-p/73138#M25743 andresales 2019-06-07T10:26:00Z