Developer(s) HP | Website www.autonomy.com | |
Stable release 10.9.0 (Windows platform) Operating system Type document capture, Data Capture License proprietary, commercial | ||
TeleForm is a forms processing application originally developed by Cardiff Software, but now owned by the company Hewlett Packard.
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Function
TeleForm performs several tasks:
- create machine-readable data forms (Video)
- scan images (Video)
- pull images created by other applications such as GoScan
- allows users to review and correct data, if needed
- read data from completed forms and store it in the appropriate database
- create databases to contain the data collected using the forms
Some applications also have the ability to collect data from on-line questionnaires and via telephone response.
Forms can be individually designed within the application or templated using existing forms. When completed forms are scanned, the handwritten and/or machine printed information and bubble responses are read, evaluated, verified and exported to the end databases.
Dependencies
Functionality of TeleForm, and similar applications, relies heavily on other technologies.
TeleForm uses four sorts of optical technologies to process forms:
History
Originally designed in 1991 to capture data from faxed forms, TeleForm handles data from fax, paper and electronic forms.
The Cardiff TeleForm product was re-branded Verity TeleForm for a brief period in 2004 and 2005, when Verity Inc acquired Cardiff Software. In 2005, Autonomy acquired Verity, and the Cardiff brand was reintroduced as "Autonomy TeleForm". On August 18, 2011, HP announces its intention to purchase Autonomy,. TeleForm was officially re-branded as HP TeleForm in the release notes for version 10.9