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Capture for SharePoint

Easily scan a high volume of paper documents to SharePoint so individuals throughout your enterprise can quickly access the content they need to move your business forward.

Capture Highlights
Paper-based document management can be a significant expense for enterprises. Searching through paper files is time-consuming, and there’s always the risk that information may be misfiled or lost. What’s more, the costs of storing and distributing paper documents can be excessive.

KnowledgeLake Capture is a high-volume, production-level capture system designed to eliminate these problems. Tightly integrated with Microsoft® SharePoint®, KnowledgeLake Capture enables end users in your corporate headquarters and branch offices to easily scan and index documents, then store them in the appropriate SharePoint repository in TIFF, PDF, PDF/A, searchable PDF, and XPS file formats.

 Overview

KnowledgeLake provides a comprehensive Document Imaging and Capture solution for managing the capture of your enterprise content using the Microsoft SharePoint platform. Much more than a simple “Scan to SharePoint” application, KnowledgeLake acts as a single, manageable interface to drive the full feature set all of your company’s scanning devices including MFPs, desktop scanners, departmental scanners and production scanners. KnowledgeLake also integrates directly with the user’s desktops for the capture and standardization of electronic content from Microsoft Office, e-mail or even line of business applications.

KnowledgeLake Capture has the familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office software, so users can work within the familiar ribbon bar and application menu of the Office user interface. This Document Imaging and Capture solution is easy to install and configure, and a complete Software Development Kit (SDK) supports extensibility within your organization.

With KnowledgeLake Capture, you can:

  • Easily scan documents in batches
  • Use OCR technology to extract document meta-data from scanned images
  • Use “key from image” technology to easily apply document meta-data
  • Quickly and securely save documents to SharePoint from anywhere you have a web (HTTP) connection

KnowledgeLake Capture along with KnowledgeLake Imaging for SharePoint extends Microsoft SharePoint into a comprehensive platform for Document Imaging and Document Management, providing a complete solution for your Microsoft Document Imaging needs.

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 Features

Scanning

Easily capture and release documents to SharePoint

  • Compatible with all TWAIN, WIA and ISIS devices (Fujitsu, Bell & Howell, Kodak, Canon and more)
  • Certified to run with scanners up to 400 images per minute
  • Barcode and patch code document separator sheet recognition
  • Ability to import PDF and Office documents
  • Convert Office documents to image or PDF format

Advanced Scanning

Powerful and flexible features

  • “Folder watching” to automatically create batches of new items from multiple sources including multi-function devices
  • Import of most image types including TIFF, JPEG and BMP
  • Import of existing multi-page or single-page TIFF files
  • Ability to capture screen shots from any running application
  • Support for Kofax AIPE using optional Kofax Adapter Plug-In
  • Kofax VRS fully supported through TWAIN interface or Kofax Adapter Plug-In

Indexing

Save time with indexing automation

  • Ability for barcodes to automatically assign indexing values to specified columns
  • Ability to index directly from almost any external data source and support for the BCS (Business Connectivity Services)
  • “Point and shoot” OCR functionality for easy indexing of unstructured documents
  • Zonal OCR for automated indexing from saved forms templates

Advanced Capture

Enhanced image processing for automated document recognition,
classification, data extraction and indexing

  • Automated classification of document type to eliminate manual presorting
  • Increased data integrity with database validation
  • Advanced data extraction to reduce errors associated with manual data entry
  • Supports OCR, ICR, OMR and barcode recognition
  • Automated form processing
  • Large batches are processed more efficiently and reliably
  • Data extraction of Line Item details

Releasing

Get high-volume release to SharePoint

  • Ability to release documents to any local or network location
  • Tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint, including automatic retrieval of document libraries and column properties
  • Ability to save to TIFF, PDF, PDF/A, searchable PDF and XPS formats

Advanced Image Processing

Enhance images in multiple ways

  • Support for Kofax VRS and Kodak Perfect Page
  • Support for many configurable image processing features including de-speckle, de-skew, border removal and blank page detection

Administration

Easily configure, install and customize the software

  • Use of scanning profiles to streamline administration across users, with a “Quick Start” profile selector available in the system tray
  • SharePoint driven index panel
  • Plug-in based architecture for easy customization

SDK

Enables easy integration and customization for Capture

  • Software Development Kit to extend your KnowledgeLake solution for any business requirement
  • Provides resources for modifying and customizing KnowledgeLake Capture
  • Example plug-in code samples included
  • Developer support included

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 Demonstrations

 

  • KnowledgeLake Capture with SharePoint 2010 Integration

    This KnowledgeLake Capture for SharePoint demonstration features a number of the new indexing features offered with SharePoint 2010.

    Features demonstrated include:

    • Point and shoot OCR
    • Managed metadata using Term Store with multi-level drill down metadata index fields for managing predefined structured keywords
    • Enterprise Keywords – using Master List of keywords for keyword lookup, text suggestions and therefore faster index population

    KnowledgeLake's Scan to SharePoint offering also supports MFP SharePoint Scanning, and Index and Send to SharePoint functionality.

    2:54
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  • KnowledgeLake Capture, Connect & Imaging Demonstration

    This short introduction to KnowledgeLake Capture, Connect and Imaging steps you through scanning to SharePoint and electronic document capture process, including indexing and releasing the documents and meta-data into Microsoft SharePoint.

    The Document Management for SharePoint demonstration concludes by showing how easy it is to find and retrieve the data and documents using KnowledgeLake Search Center which greatly augments native Search for SharePoint; then opening and viewing the document using KnowledgeLake's SharePoint Document Viewer.

    17:36
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  • Once the KnowledgeLake solution was in place, we were able to begin the process of removing file cabinets and reclaiming physical space for other purposes."

    Records Manager

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