Friday, August 20, 1999
Multimedia applications of Document Imaging
Document Imaging, a process mentioned most notably in the October 1998 edition of Softwords, turns your computer into a virtual filing cabinet where any and all of your everyday forms, reports and other space-consuming papers can be stored conveniently and accessibly. This you may already know – articles concerning this technology and its application to The A&L Document Console in this newsletter are quite numerous – but what you don’t know is the extent to which imaging technology can be applied. New this month to The A&L Document Console is a feature that extends its capabilities considerably: the ability to not only store the contents of sheets of paper within your computer, but audio and video clips as well.
Some of you may be familiar with common computer audio and video formats – the current publicity surrounding both the RealMedia and MP3 formats being a prime example – but it is more than likely that even if an office wants to transfer its raw video or recorded audio to a computer-readable format, it lacks both the time and skill to see such an application through. Enter Document Console, which gives the user an easy-to-use interface through which sound and video storage can be done quickly and with a minimal knowledge of the technology behind such a process. Plus, with this new feature, it becomes possible to index every single item which enters your office in a single program, increasing overall organization and making sure you won’t be misplacing important clips and such.
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