Litigation Support

Imaging, Objective Coding, OCR & OWR

The imaging process transfers your paper documents into safe and convenient electronic files. In addition to paper documents, microfilm, photographs and x-rays can be converted to electronic files. These files can be linked to electronic databases and coded. The documents can then be structured, searched, reviewed and distributed without ever touching a piece of paper.

Document Numbering

When documents are imaged, the most practical method of identifying document pages is through the use of electronic numbering. By using an electronic system, pages are automatically numbered, thus eliminating the possibility of duplicate numbers or missed pages. In addition to numbering, pages can be electronically stamped with key words such as “Confidential” or other text statements.

Document Coding

Following the imaging and database design processes is the document coding process. Coding is the identification of information in each document needed to populate the fields of your database. Once entered and verified, the data are merged into the database and linked to the originating documents.

OCR (Optical Character Recognition)/OWR (Optical Word Recognition)

After documents are imaged, they can be converted to searchable ASCII text through an OCR process, aiding your ability to search for specific items in your document set. Additionally, documents may be run through an extensive OWR process, which will allow additional coding of data based on the existence of specific words.