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Redact Sensitive Information within Scanned Documents using OCR and Pattern Recognition

1 Dec 2008CPOL8 min read 32.1K   14  
Learn how to find, redact, or replace text patterns you define after converting scanned images into searchable documents. Hide sensitive personal information like social security numbers and credit card numbers to protect privacy. Pegasus Imaging’s SDKs and this sample project show you how.

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Pegasus Imaging Corporation
United States United States
Tom leads several product development teams at Pegasus Imaging. He joined the company in 2006 with a valuable combination of technical expertise and solid project management skills. His analysis of customer requirements and business data assists in the development of product strategies resulting in timely and complete product deliveries. His past experience includes 12 years of developing technology solutions for industry leaders including Motorola, Capital One and General Electric. He brings additional experience working for small software development companies in the network security and electronic entertainment industries. Tom earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

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Pegasus Imaging Corporation
United States United States
Greg began his career at Pegasus Imaging as a software support engineer in 2002, and quickly moved into a software engineering role. After gaining experience working on various imaging components, Greg soon settled in with the team working on recognition technologies, and OCR Xpress in particular. He is responsible for building the component that uses the different OCR engines and merges their results. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in Management Information Systems and a minor in Computer Science from Florida State University and joined Pegasus after an internship with Eckerd Corporation.

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