Overview 

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology is a revolutionary advancement in the digital world, which enables recognition of textual content from visual data such as images, videos, and documents. With VIDIZMO indexer's OCR capabilities, businesses can now leverage the power of this technology to enhance their content searchability, accessibility, and overall productivity.


With OCR, businesses can convert unsearchable images and videos into fully searchable text, making it easier and faster to locate specific information. This not only saves valuable time and effort but also improves the overall user experience by making the content more user-friendly and accessible. Additionally, OCR technology ensures that your content is indexed accurately, which helps to increase its searchability throughout the portal.


VIDIZMO indexer's OCR capabilities can be especially helpful for businesses that deal with large volumes of data and documents, making it easier to locate critical information and gain insights from the data. This can lead to more informed decision-making and improved business outcomes.


By utilizing OCR technology, businesses can stay ahead of the curve in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. So, if you're looking to improve your content searchability and accessibility, consider VIDIZMO indexer's OCR capabilities and start reaping the benefits today.


Before You Start

While configuring OCR settings from VIDIZMO Indexer make sure you have Manager+ role. Contributor+ roles can utilize the capabilities of running OCR on their media.


Configuring OCR from VIDIZMO Indexer


From the Portal Homepage.

    1. Click on the navigation menu on the top left corner.

    2. Click on the Admin tab.

    3. Click on Portal Settings, to open the portal settings page.

   


    4. From the Portal Settings:

    5. Click on the Apps option, to expand it. 

    6. Navigate to the Content Processing and click to open it. 

    7. Now, click on the gear icon against the VIDIZMO Indexer App



VIDIZMO OCR - Settings screen will be opened in this screen.

8. Detection Type: In VIDIZMO Indexer we have multiple Detection Type, for OCR select Optical Character Recognition         option from drop down.  

9. Evidence Type: Select Type of Mashup to perform OCR check all if needed.

10. OCR Provider: Select OCR engine Paddle OCR / Tesseract OCR.

11. OCR Language: Select the OCR language.

12. Automatic Processing: If you want to perform automatic processing while document/media uploaded then put it On.  

13. Click on the Save Changes button.


Now, enable OCR using the toggle button.




Note: Only Manager+ portal users are authorized to enable VIDIZMO Indexer App.


Searching Media on the Basis of OCR

From VIDIZMO portal’s search bar.

  1. Write your desired keyword that you’re searching for and click on search icon. 
  2. Click on the desired occurrence of your searched keyword that is displayed against the relevant media. You will be redirected to the instance that specific character appeared.  



Searching Data within Media Playback 

  1. From media playback “Insights” tab search your desired keyword. 
  2.  From listed instances click on the one you’re looking for. You’ll end up on the corresponding page or timestamp.  




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