Indexing
Once we have the documents in your case-specific database we create custom indexes by manually coding or by using the documents’ meta-data. Whether we have scanned your documents and exhibits or you have provided them to us in electronic format we create an index which lists several key fields about the documents such as a description, page count and document ID. This allows both you and us to know what has been provided and added to our database. The index is also searchable which is helpful in larger productions.
OCR
After a document has been scanned it can be processed with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. This process extracts the text from an image or scanned document which allows you to search within documents or even entire productions for key words, phrases, dates, etc. Having your documents OCR'd will save you time when looking for a specific document or trying to find a series of related records.