Abstract: A method for associating text with image data of documents is herein described. The method includes receiving image data of a document with manually marked text and recognizing the manually marked text. The image data is then annotated (e.g., tagged) using the manually marked text and the image data of the document is stored. When manually marked text is recognized, recognized text may be generated for annotating the image data of the document and used to populate a field associated with the image data. The field may be a name of the document or a subject line of an e-mail message, for example. A method including identifying the location of manually marked text in a first scanned document to automatically identify and annotate text in a corresponding location in a second scanned document is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for sending image data of a document containing human readable textual destination information to a designated remote destination is herein described. The method includes receiving image data and recognizing, with a processor, the textual destination information designating a remote destination in the image data. The textual destination information may include a predetermined pattern identifying an e-mail address, IP address, or telephone number, or a region to locate such. When the textual destination information is recognized, an electronic routing address is created such that a transmission module coupled to the processor may transmit the data to the remote destination. A method and system including identifying the location of textual destination information in a first scanned document to automatically identify information in a corresponding location in a second scanned document to address and transmit the second document is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for associating text with image data of documents is herein described. The method includes receiving image data of a document with manually marked text and recognizing the manually marked text. The image data is then annotated (e.g., tagged) using the manually marked text and the image data of the document is stored. When manually marked text is recognized, recognized text may be generated for annotating the image data of the document and used to populate a field associated with the image data. The field may be a name of the document or a subject line of an e-mail message, for example. A method including identifying the location of manually marked text in a first scanned document to automatically identify and annotate text in a corresponding location in a second scanned document is also disclosed.