Do you want:

• To capture data from hand-written forms or questionnaires without manual keying?
• Your data provided in reports from which you can extract information quickly and easily?

If so, document scanning.net’s data capture service can save money and time by converting your records to an editable format.

Our Data Capture team provide a turnkey service to organisations who use surveys and questionnaires on a large scale. Gathering data using paper forms and questionnaires can be a critical process to gain feedback from your customers and understand your client’s requirements and needs. We offer a seamless solution from design, through printing, mailing, receipt and capture.

We provide:

• Help and advice with the design of forms to ensure data is captured to the highest standards to fulfil your requirements.
• Printing, mailing and receipt services depending on your exact requirements
• Scanning the completed forms using our IBML industry leading scanners.
• Electronic capture of data from the scanned files and converting this into your required format.
• OCR services – reducing the errors after data capture with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

So we can complete the whole process for you, leaving you to run your business.

Phone 0800 197 2804 or click on the Live Chat Option to talk to an online advisor.

Frequently asked questions about Data Capture

Q1 What format are scanned forms and extracted data provided in?

Our data capture service can provide data in a variety of formats, be this a simple MS Excel file or Database, or something more robust like an Oracle or SQL database.

The scanned documents can be put on CD/DVD, emailed to you or hosted securely online on a secure server.

Q2 Does your data capture service prepare questionnaires for scanning?

Yes! Our data capture team provide a complete service if required, including preparation for scanning if the forms are returned directly to us.

Q3 Can your data capture service collect and return the documents?

Our data capture team can arrange for delivery and return of your documents. We collect client’s records throughout the UK either through couriers or our own vans. We can also dispose of the original paper copies securely if required. Click here for more information on document disposal.

Forms Data Capture technical information:

Many different types of form data can be extracted:	Many output formats can be supplied. These include:
Check boxes OCR (optical character recognition) ICR (hand print) Barcode Comment fields Images (such as signatures or photos)	CSV text Access MDB XML Excel XLS SPSS SQL