Date: February, 2024 | Category: Company | Author: Hana Trokic

Verify’s New AI-Powered OCR Feature is Here!

Verify, GlobalVision’s newest and most innovative cloud-based proofreading software, has just raised the bar for proofreading in regulated industries with the official launch of its groundbreaking AI-powered OCR (optical character recognition) feature. 

This launch is set to transform the compliance and proofreading landscape, bringing with it many benefits that cater to the diverse needs of regulated industries ranging from regulatory, commercial pharma, to agencies, labeling and more.  

The addition of OCR to the Verify platform marks a strategic launch into Artificial Intelligence, aligning with GlobalVision’s commitment to empowering regulated industries with cutting-edge solutions that facilitate their workflows and accelerate time-to-market.

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The OCR Technology Gap 

Previously, without OCR proofreading technology, regulatory, commercial, and labeling professionals in regulated industries, as well as the agencies that serve them, struggled with manual processes, facing challenges in handling flattened documents containing rasterized text. They were forced to perform visual text extractions, manual proofreading, and manual data entries.

While receiving flattened documents is often out of their control due to the many stakeholders often involved in working on a single document, in the absence of OCR technology, having to perform manual proofreading hinders efficiency, exposes them to potential errors and compliance risks, compromises consumer and patient safety, and causes bottlenecks in the asset development process. 

These critical problems only worsen with the added challenge of localization and translation tasks necessary for scalable, multinational operations.

Verify’s AI-Powered optical character recognition technology is designed to solve these problems and revolutionize how regulatory, commercial, agencies, and labeling teams handle text within their document review processes, bringing automation and accuracy to the forefront. 

OCR for Compliance With Regulatory Requirements

For industries governed by strict regulations, compliance is non-negotiable. 

Regulatory teams are often faced with the difficulty of dealing with rasterized documents, leading to manual inspections, increased risk of errors, and workflow inefficiencies. Similarly, commercial teams and agencies encounter difficulties in handling vast amounts of promotional content which is held to the highest standard in compliance, hindering creativity and time spent on more meaningful work. In parallel, labeling teams also deal with proofreading tasks within strict deadlines and regulations. 

With the launch of Verify’s newest AI-powered OCR feature, compliance and review processes are simplified through the automation of text extractions, and the verification of critical text data in documents. This not only eliminates the need for error-prone manual checks, it ensures greater accuracy and significantly reduces the risk of human error, ultimately streamlining compliance processes and ensuring compliance with global health authorities. 

Regulated companies can now navigate the complex regulatory landscape with greater confidence, knowing that Verify’s OCR feature acts as an added layer of insurance, guaranteeing the quality of their documentation. 

Increased Patient and Consumer Safety Assurance

Verify’s OCR feature will help ensure the accuracy of critical content that is directly associated with patient and consumer safety. This spans a wide range of content types that could potentially hinder safety such as instructions for use, allergen statements, dosages, warning statements and more. 

If documents or digital packaging assets do not contain live text, the absence of OCR technology would force content revision tasks to be done manually. With files or labels that include small text, graphics of text, and multilingual files in different languages and scripts, this could prove to be a time-consuming and almost impossible task. 

By automating the extraction of rasterized text, OCR not only accelerates the proofreading process it also provides a level of accuracy for document and label inspections that was not previously possible, as it allows for a character-for-character precision level

Thanks to this technology, pharmaceuticals, medical device, and CPG companies can ensure that their customers remain safe thanks to the mitigation of potential errors slipping by. 

Accelerated Scaling of Global Operations

Scaling globally often comes with the challenge of dealing with multiple languages, different scripts and the obligation of adhering to global regulatory standards—noting that the complexity is compounded when those tasked with proofreading are not native to the languages they are faced with. 

Verify’s OCR feature facilitates the extraction of text for translation purposes which supports the localization of documents. This reduces the risk of errors in translated content, whether it be regulatory, promotional documents, or labels. 

This allows brands to scale globally at a quicker rate by efficiently and safely distributing error-free products and content across their target markets.

With Verify’s new AI-powered OCR feature, the software has the ability to proofread and validate content in various languages and scripts even if they are in a flattened format, enhancing efficiency and promoting consistency in communication, facilitating smoother global expansion strategies.

Faster Product Time-to-Market

For regulated industries, being first to market offers a huge competitive advantage with often limited market share to capture before it’s too late. Thankfully,  Verify’s new OCR feature leverages AI technology to expedite the proofreading process, reducing the overall time it takes to bring products to market. 

For teams who deal with proofreading regulatory submissions, batch records, promotional and marketing materials, as well as labels or packaging assets, optical character recognition will prove to be particularly beneficial.  

By automating text extractions and reducing the need for manual content revisions and manual data entries, content revisions are now sped up throughout the product development lifecycle, allowing companies to respond more swiftly to market demands and gain a competitive edge.

This feature will also specifically benefit label labeling teams as the content they review includes both physical label scans as well as e-labels. In these cases, labeling teams are often forced to manually review and proofread within strict deadlines—increasing the risk of errors, and often delaying product time to market for sometimes life-saving drugs and medical devices.

With Verify’s new OCR feature, these teams will not only accelerate their speed to market, they will also have complete confidence that their documents and labels are accurate when they hit the market. 

Protect Your Brand’s Reputation

Verify’s OCR feature acts as a safeguard against damaging content errors, which can lead to catastrophic consequences on a brand’s image. 

By maintaining the integrity and accuracy of content, the software protects brand reputation and instills confidence among customers, stakeholders, and the wider public. It reduces the risk of typographical errors that could impact brand perception and contributes to a cohesive and reputable brand image. 

OCR allows regulatory, commercial, labeling professionals in regulated industries, and agencies to achieve streamlined workflows, and elevated brand excellence. With this feature, they can deliver accurate, compliant, and impactful content and packaging assets to market, contributing to the overall consistency and success of their brand. 

Begin Your AI Journey with New AI-Powered OCR! 

The official launch of Verify’s AI-Powered OCR feature signifies a transformative moment for proofreading in regulated industries. 

This feature brings innovation to the technology gap that was previously stunted by manual processes, providing a solution that significantly reduces the risk of errors and ensures compliance in industries that need to adhere to strict regulations. 

Verify’s new OCR launch also goes beyond the needs of regulated industries and actively contributes to increased patient and consumer safety assurance, accelerated global operations, faster time-to-market, and the protection of brand reputation. 

This innovative feature leverages the latest AI technology to reinforce Verify as a market-leading proofreading solution for regulated industries, empowering professionals with cutting-edge solutions and setting a new standard for excellence in compliance and proofreading workflows.

If you want to experience these benefits and more, begin your AI journey and try Verify’s OCR feature for free today. 

If you want to discover the full capabilities of our innovative cloud-based proofreading software, book a demo of Verify and see firsthand the transformative impact it will have on your proofreading and quality control processes.