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Definition: An OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system is a computerized scanning system enabling you to scan text documents into an electronic computer file which you can then edit using a word processor on your computer.

Optical Character Recognition is the machine recognition of printed text characters.

A OCR system is able to recognize numerous kinds of printed characters and text fonts from both computers and typewriters. Advanced OCR systems can even identify handwriting.
OCR process diagram
An OCR scanner turns a text document into a bitmap. This is subsequently turned into an ASCII text, which is placed on your hard drive and which you can edit in a word processor

How does it work?

When you scan a text document e.g. a page in a book or an invoice it is turned into a bitmap, which is a picture of the text.

An OCR system compares the dark and light aspects of this bitmap in order to determine each alphanumeric character. When the OCR recognizes the characters, it turns them into ASCII text, which is raw text that you can edit in a word processor.

The result is that you can e.g. search, edit or copy the text as easily and quickly as you would a document in e.g Notepad.

OCR and e-conomic

e-conomic's Scanning add-on module can be fully integrated with the Ibistic Invoice System thereby easily providing OCR scanning options for paper invoices and other documents you may need.

Learn more about OCR and Scanning with e-conomic and Ibistic.
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Scanning in E-conomic

The E-conomic Scanning add-on module can be fully integrated with an OCR system to make your invoices and other documents more accessible.

Learn more about Scanning with E-conomic.

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More than 48,000 companies are using e-conomic

Simple, flexible and secure. All you need is Internet access.


That is why thousands of companies have chosen e-conomic as their bookkeeping and accounting system.


e-conomic makes it easier to collaborate with your accountant or external bookkeeper.

Invoicing facilities

With e-conomic you can:

  • Create, book and e-mail your invoices, reminders, credit notes, etc. in one go.
  • Design and adjust your invoices so that they fit your needs.

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e-conomic in brief

e-conomic is an online accounting software used by more than 48,000 companies and 4,100 accountants worldwide - from sole practitioners to large accounting firms. The software is easy to use and flexible, and you can give your accountant free access.