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Lexbe.com
Lexbe, by
Kim Plonsky.
Lexbe's organization and structure, combined with its familiar browser interface, makes it one of the easiest software applications to learn that I have ever used. Two of Lexbe’s best features are its SaaS format and the added security it provides for exchanging privileged and confidential electronic documents. OCR of uploaded PDF files is automatic. The Lexbe Viewer supports over 100 different file formats. Lexbe adds structure and organization to the process of case management, litigation management, document management, while providing a means to collaborate on a case with others securely over the Internet through a document repository or for electronic discovery.
Category: Litigation Management. Written:
2008. Added:
11-05-2008.
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ABBYY FineReader OCR 9.0
Converting to ABBYY FineReader OCR 9.0, by
Alan Pearlman.
If you have been using FineReader Edition 8.0, it really is time to move ahead with all of the new improvements of 9.0 and give yourself, your staff and your firm the ability to have an average of 35 percent more accuracy over 8.0, as well as new tools and an innovative interface redesign that provides more user productivity with less steps and effort being spent on all of your OCR tasks. I know that with the new ABBYY FineReader 9.0, in either edition, you definitely will experience efficiency; I know we have at my firm.
Category: Office Productivity. Written:
2008. Added:
7-21-2008.
Law.com
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iConect, ImageDepot, Lextranet, Lexbe
SaaSsy Litigation Support, by
Brett Burney.
With Lexbe users can actually upload their own documents to their databases without having to send them somewhere or have them converted. Lexbe can even OCR-scan PDF documents as they get uploaded. Lexbe can also easily handle electronic documents from Microsoft Word, Corel Wordperfect, Outlook, etc.). Once documents are uploaded into Lexbe, you can tag "key" documents, apply Bates numbering, add notes and even link documents to facts listed elsewhere in the case. Clients access Lexbe through a Web browser, and all traffic is encrypted and protected by Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Lexbe ensures the confidentiality of the documents you store on their servers, and they also create daily backups of all work done on the system.
ImageDepot focuses a little more on managing electronic documents, as opposed to scanned (or "imaged") paper files. ImageDepot's interface is also very easy to get around and provides simple search functions for documents in the database. ImageDepot keeps an audit log to show you when reviewers do their work and when documents are downloaded or e-mailed from the system.
iConect and Lextranet are definitely viable options for enormous litigation databases at larger firms, but Lexbe and ImageDepot provide the essential tools for smaller, more numerous litigation matters that require a functional database review tool.
Category: Litigation Management. Written:
2007. Added:
7-15-2008.
Law.com
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pdfDocs Desktop 2.1
Review: pdfDocs Desktop 2.1 - An Alternative to Adobe Acrobat Professional, by
John Heckman.
All in all, pdfDocs Desktop by itself can serve as an adequate substitute for Acrobat Professional DocsCorp also provides a trial version so you can test drive the product.
Firms might want to splurge on one or two copies of Acrobat, but rely on pdfDocs Desktop for the rest of the workstations. And if you plan on doing a lot of scanning, the pdfDocs OCR Server is also worth a serious look.
Category: Office Productivity. Written:
2008. Added:
7-12-2008.
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ABBYY FineReader 9.0
Review: ABBYY FineReader 9.0, by
John Heckman.
Fine-Reader OCR software, claims a number of new or improved features including the
ability to recognize headers, footers, paragraph numbering, and footnotes as well as the ability to reproduce them correctly as Word functions. The name of the game is character recognition, and at this ABBYY FineReader is superb. Some of its new features, in particular header/footer and footnote recognition also work well in general, albeit with some kinks in very complex documents.
Category: Office Productivity. Written:
2008. Added:
7-12-2008.
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pdfDocs Desktop 2.1 Suite
pdfDocs Desktop 2.1 Suite, by
Milton Hooper.
Very efficient - you easily can manage, edit and organize your PDF documents. Users need some type of tutorial to understand how it works. If you are interested in purchasing the OCR server, it’s a rather expensive option for smaller law firms. I highly recommend this product to any law firm that wants efficient software to organize its PDF documents - this is the best I have seen to date.
Category: Office Productivity. Written:
2008. Added:
7-08-2008.
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