Re-run specific fields:

Let’s say you marked up a box as text. Later you realize it should be number. Or you forgot to specify a choice for multiple-choice questions.

Now you can re-run fields, and for a limited time, you can do it for free!

Just click on the column heading of the field you’d like to re-run, click “Reprocess Data in this Column,” and you’ll be able to edit the field name and type (see example on right).

Edit transcribed fields

Is some of your handwritten text hard to interpret by anyone but you? Was a letter or two off in the results we returned?

You can now edit the transcribed results on our web interface, alongside your original form images.

Click on the cell you want to change, and then on the “Edit” button below the original text image. You’ll be able to enter whatever text you’d like, and the change will be saved on the website and in the accompanying CSV file.

We are happy to announce the private Beta of Captricity’s API!

The Captricity API allows you to seamlessly blend structured data extraction from paper forms into your custom applications. For the first time, high-quality extraction of all data types (multiple choice, numbers, even handwriting!) from paper is available as an on-demand API, 24/7.

For example:

• Your mobile app can send to Captricity’s API photos of tradeshow signup forms, and receive clean, tabular results for loading into Salesforce.com as leads
• Your web app can receive images of handwritten sales invoices from an FTP scanner, and create dynamic daily reports backed by sales agents’ handwriting and customer signatures from the original forms.

From grading homework assignments, to digitizing public records, Captricity’s API enables a whole new way to bridge digital and physical information.

We want to give first access to a small number of developers, who can start coding immediately. Sign up now, read our full documentation here, or contact us for more information!

At the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference last week, the iPad app “Paper” won an Apple Design Award. Indeed, it is a beautiful app – check it out here if you haven’t already.

In this digital age, with tablets and smart phones and computers lauded as the way of the future, why do we have such a yearning for paper? Why is it that one of the winners not some revolutionary futuristic metaphor, but rather an app reconnecting us with something thousands of years old?

The fact remains that paper is beautiful. Paper imparts features and an ease of usability that technology simply cannot. The struggle, then, is that digital curation of data (e.g. databases, statistical analysis software, contact management systems, easily-shareable and editable word documents) is so useful that we tend to sacrifice the wonder of paper in exchange for the utility of this structured and useable data. The beauty of this app is that it is able to combine the affordances of paper with digital content curation.

At Captricity likewise, we appreciate  the wonderful affordances of paper too. A special shout to our friend Julian Walker, co-founder of the company behind Paper: Kudos!

Captricity's booth at AIDF

We’re nearing the end of what has been a fascinating couple of days at the Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) in Washington, DC. What an inspiring collection of people and projects working hard to improve lives in developing countries and disaster settings around the world.

We were especially excited by the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response people had to Captricity. The early demo of our mobile application to capture images of forms was particularly popular, as was the ability to browse and edit digital results alongside the original form images. We look forward to continuing some of the conversations begun at the conference, with aid, governmental, academic, and logistics organizations. In particular, we enjoyed in-depth conversations with USAID on their programs to foster innovation in development and agriculture work.

Thank you especially to the folks at AIDF for putting together this great conference.