【翻译一篇英语文章,拒绝机译Tobecomeinvolvedindocumentimaging,youpresumablyalreadyhavealargecollectionofpaperdocuments.Thesedocumentsmustbeconvertedintoelectronicimagesinaprocessknownasbackfileconversion.Accord】

　　翻译一篇英语文章,拒绝机译

　　Tobecomeinvolvedindocumentimaging,youpresumablyalreadyhavealargecollectionofpaperdocuments.Thesedocumentsmustbeconvertedintoelectronicimagesinaprocessknownasbackfileconversion.Accordingtooneparticularlypracticalarticle,thisprocessinvolvesthefollowingfivesteps:(12)

　　DocumentPreparationOrganizeanddiscardolddocuments.

　　ScanningPurchaseanappropriatescannerforyourdocuments.Autofeedscannersareamyth;hands-onfeedingisareality.

　　IndexingCreateallpotentialidentifiers,usingcurrenttechnologysuchasautoindexing,OCR,andbarcodes.Wherepossible,useexistingdatabasestoretrieveadditionalinformation,suchasemployeeinformationfromanID.

　　QualityAssuranceManagetheprocesscarefully;conversionistediousanddifficult.Getitrightthefirsttime,becausereprocessingisexpensive.

　　ImageIntegrationYourgoalisasystemtohandledailythroughput.Servicebureausmaybeappropriateforthebackfileworkwhileyoufocusonthefuturesystem.

　　Aspartofthedocumentconversionprocess,paperdocumentsarescanned,andimagesareconvertedintoelectronicfilesandkeptinlargeelectronicfilingcabinets.(13)Thedocumentimagesmayberecognizedbyopticalcharacterrecognition(OCR)softwareandconvertedintocomputerinterpretabletext,whichcanbeindexedandsearched.

　　AccordingtothenewsmagazineImagingWorld,"officeworkersspend60%ofthedaydealingwithpaperdocumentsandU.S.businessescontinuetocreateoveronebillionpagesofpapereachday."(14)That'salotoftrees.Thesamearticlecategorizestheimagingmarketintofivecomponents:

　　•imageinput

　　•imagestorage

　　•imagemanagementandprocessing

　　•imagecommunications

　　•imageoutputanddisplay

　　Let'sexaminethreeaspectsofthesecomponents.First,theOCRpartoftheinputcomponent;second,textretri,partofthemanagementandprocessingcomponent;finally,themediaissuesthatarepartofthestoragecomponent.