Data capture

Most documents carry more than plain text: a passport has a machine-readable band, an invoice has a barcode, a contract has a number that must come out clean. Scanix Desktop reads each of these the right way, and you choose how by setting one thing on a template zone — its Type.

How data capture works

A zone is a rectangle you draw on a template's sample page. During processing, Scanix finds that same region on every incoming page and reads only what's inside it. The zone's Type decides how that value is read and cleaned:

• A plain region — Type set to a value type such as Text, Number, Currency, Date, Email, or Phone — reads the text and tidies the value. When the box also catches the printed label, Scanix keeps just the value, so Subtotal: $690.84 comes out as the amount alone and validates cleanly.
• A passport or ID band — Type set to MRZ — is decoded into separate fields (Surname, Date of Birth, Nationality, and more) with the standard's check digits verified.
• A barcode or QR code — Type set to Barcode, QR Code, PDF417, Aztec, or Data Matrix — is decoded into the field's value.

You never flip a global switch to turn any of this on. You set the zone's Type, and the capture follows.

Extraction also runs per page: a multi-page document captures one value per page for each field, and that page number travels with the value through the on-screen field list and into every export.

Capture types

Next steps

Every capture type starts with a zone and its settings. To draw zones, set the Type, and tune validation, see Zone settings.

Related

• Passport & ID (MRZ)
• Barcodes & QR codes
• Per-page field capture
• Zone settings