Captovation Releases Native-ISIS Version of ecScan for eCapture
Newest version also includes user interface enhancements

Minneapolis, MN, October 1, 2003 -- Captovation, a leading provider of production-level and browser-based document capture software, released today the latest version of ecScan – eCapture’s production-level scanning component.  ecScan now has the ability to directly interface with ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Specification) scanning drivers.

“I truly believe that this gives us a competitive advantage within the marketplace,” said Ken Peterka, Captovation’s President and CEO.  “We now provide native scanning interfaces for both Kofax Adrenaline^® and ISIS, a fact that some of our major competitors cannot state.  We are able to offer support for the unique capabilities of each platform with no bias towards either scanner technology.  Our resellers and customers now have a choice when purchasing eCapture.” 

ISIS^® is a software driver technology designed by Pixel Translations (www.pixtran.com). ISIS provides a standard interface to document scanners along with a variety of image processing features.  ISIS has become the “de-facto” standard within the document imaging industry. As a result, most document scanner manufacturers provide ISIS drivers with their scanners. With this new ISIS integration, ecScan now supports over 250 document scanner models.

Previously, ecScan for eCapture only supported the Adrenaline and VRS^® (VirtualReScan) scanning interfaces developed by Kofax (www.kofax.com).  Adrenaline and VRS are available in both software and hardware (Video or SCSI card) versions. The  new version of ecScan will help to reduce overall system costs by eliminating the need to purchase Adrenaline engines when technology such as VRS is not required.  Nonetheless, Captovation will continue to offer long-term support for Adrenaline and VRS technology. 

This new version of ecScan also features document image thumbnail support. After scanning a batch of documents, users can review the batch and see thumbnails of every image.  Thumbnails can be displayed in three different sizes, so that they can be enlarged enough to distinguish document types.  ecScan thumbnails also have drag-and-drop functionality, which gives users the ability to easily re-order images within a batch.  Image Processing features - including bar code and patch code recognition, blank page deletion, black border removal, hole removal, cropping, deskew, and others – are also included with this new version.

Captovation will be demonstrating the new version of ecScan and the entire eCapture product line in booth number 428 at the 2003 ARMA Conference and Exposition in Boston from October 19^th through October 21^st.  ecScan and the rest of the eCapture product suite can be purchased through Captovation’s eCapture Certified Resellers.

About Captovation

Captovation, Inc. is a privately held company established in 1994, which specializes in the design and development of document capture products for the electronic document management industry.  Their software products and custom integration services provide paper-intensive organizations with the ability to streamline and tailor the document capture process to meet their needs.  eCapture, the company’s flagship product, is a suite of document capture modules for the Enterprise.  The software modules include: ecScan (production-level scanning), ecIndex (production-level indexing), ecNet (distributed, browser-based capture), ecAutoFile Server (bar code recognition server), ecCommit Server (schedule batch commits), ecImport Server (import images directly into eCapture), and ecCheckScan (production-level scanning interface for check scanners).  For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.captovation.com. 

About Pixel Translations

Pixel Translations, a division of Captiva Software, provides advanced image scanning and viewing tools to OEM hardware and software developers, such as Adobe, Canon, Cardiff, Datacap, FileNET, Fujitsu, IBM, Kodak, Lotus, Tower Technology, Xerox, and hundreds of others. These tools allow software developers and system integrators to save both time and money by using stable, supported libraries of software code to add core-imaging technology to their applications. Pixel is the creator of ISIS, the de-facto standard for connecting high performance scanners to imaging applications using PixTools toolkits. For more information about Pixel Translations, call 408-325-3800 or visit Pixel’s web site at www.pixtran.com.

Trademarks

eCapture and ecScan are trademarks of Captovation, Inc. in the United States.  ISIS is a registered trademark of Pixel Translations.  Other company or product names may be trademarks of others.

 
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