Is there software that can build a database by reading info from PDFs?

[Mizugori]

Is there such a thing as software that could read through a number of PDF files and look for specific pieces of text (such as "Policy Number: 123456789") and use those pieces of information to create entries in a database??

I'm trying to find a simpler way to create a database from thousands of PDF documents from scanned client files... Typing them all into Access would be quite a project... and error prone...

Help? Please? Thanks!

 

[CautionMP]

...scanned client files...

You will need to look at OCR software since scanned documents are 'pictures'.

Adobe 6.0 included this functionality and I believe it is scriptable.

Hope this helps,
CMP

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[SgtJarrow]

You might want to look at Monarch. I use Monarch to take PDF files and make get to the data. It can make database files from PDF and everything. You can create templates and apply them to standardized PDF files. Not the cheapest software, but worth every penny in my opinion. But you can get a demo and make sure it will meet your needs before buying....

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[bubba100]

Our organization uses Monarch. What they have found is if the document was created as a PDF then they can convert it (normally they create an Excel workbook). But if the PDF was created from a scan they can't convert. A scan is a picture of the original.

 

[Mizugori]

but i mean i am talking about scanning it as OCR not just as an image file. sorry if i didn't really explain that..

 

[lespaul]

I'm pretty sure any OCR software can capture text from an image at a certain location on the document....

 

[scorpio1769]

HP Autostore may be a solution.