Specialized AP Invoice Scanning

IRISExtract Accounts Payable is a market-leading Invoice Processing solution in Europe. ScanStore is proud to be the first US company to offer this cutting-edge solution. IRISXtract has incredibly powerful classification technology capable of extracting most invoice data (including line items) with minimal custom configuration and training. New vendors and recognition errors can be trained on-the-fly by users instead of programmers, constantly improving recognition rates and saving thousands in long-term costs. This technology is as powerful as any solution available in the US market with a very competitive price.

• IRISExtract Accounts Payable

General Purpose AP Invoice Scanning

ABBYY FlexiCapture is a general purpose tool for locating and extracting data on any kind of document. It requires more time to configure than the invoice-specific applications, but it has far more flexibility. This flexibility can be handy in cases where industry-specific data must also be captured, like Bill of Lading numbers or Fuel Surcharges on trucking invoices. In cases where more detailed setup is required, FlexiCapture becomes much easier to configure than the IRIS solutions. FlexiCapture can also recognize table-formatted data on any document, including invoice line items.

Of course, if you can see the applications of data entry automation outside the accounts payable department, FlexiCapture has the robustness and scalability to be used throughout the organization. The Distributed version of FlexiCapture supports hundreds of scanning, recognition, verification and administration stations that can be located all over the globe.

• FlexiCapture Full Standalone
• FlexiCapture Full Distributed
• FlexiCapture Line Item Processing Add-On

FlexiCapture AP Invoice Scanning with QuickBooks Video

This video shows how FlexiCapture can be used with the SimpleQB QuickBooks data importer to provide a complete Invoice Processing solution for QuickBooks. Though the focus of this video is on the QuickBooks integration, it demonstrates how invoices are recognized, verified and exported with FlexiCapture. Invoice data exports to more advanced accounting packages can be done directly from FlexiCapture.

Simple Software's SimpleIndex can also be used to recognize key data on invoices as well as many other types of documents. With SimpleIndex it is possible to OCR invoice header data such as Vendor, Invoice Number, Date, Amount, etc., though it cannot read line item data. SimpleIndex has no page count limits and a very low price, making it one of the best deals on Invoice Processing. It also has the unique ability to use existing text from MS Office and PDF documents, creating a unique solution for extracting data from electronic documents without OCR.

Simple Software also developed the SimpleQB QuickBooks Data Importer that can take the output from SimpleIndex or any other Invoice Processing available and receive them in QuickBooks automatically.

• SimpleIndex with OCR
• SimpleQB QuickBooks Data Importer

SimpleIndex AP Invoice Scanning with QuickBooks Integration Video

This low-cost solution is perfect for QuickBooks users that don't require line item data. It uses SimpleQB QuickBooks Importer to import the recognized data and create the transactions.

Using Screen Scraping OCR to Capture Invoices

With SimpleIndex it is also possible to use screen scraping OCR to index invoices automatically by reading the data entry screens from your accounting software. In this scenario, invoices are data entered in the acccounting system normally, then SimpleIndex uses OCR to read the key values from the data entry screen and files the invoice automatically. The result is that data entry times are improved slightly while invoices are digitally archived without any additional effort.

This approach has several advanatages:

• Configuration and training takes hours not weeks
• Scanned images are indexed with no extra work
• All the advantages of digital docs--security, searching, sharing, etc.
• Use all the data validation features of your software
• No flipping through paper documents
• Operator keeps eyes on the screen and hands on the keyboard
• Data entry can be done remotely
• Data entry performance improves and files are archived at the same time