OCR-IT Offers Free New Apple IPad To First OCR App For IPad Based On Its OCR-IT OCR Cloud API

Online, March 13, 2012 (Newswire.com) - OCR-IT LLC, a fast-growing document conversion and online image processing company based in Delaware, announced today that it will award an Apple iPad 3 to the first company or individual to launch an OCR-based app for the iPad. The contest is designed to encourage innovation and creativity in the development community by encouraging them to create applications that use image-to-text processing using the company's OCR-IT OCR Cloud 2.0 Web-based API.

"As tablet computers and smart phones increase in sophistication, creative developers are driving hard to deliver new and creative capabilities that extend the potential of these tools in ways that excite the imagination of end users," said principals at OCR-IT. "This contest intends to inspire developers and reward their success with a prize that encapsulates and embodies the value of ground-breaking technology. We are looking forward to rewarding creativity and enthusiasm."

OCR-IT will give a free, newest-generation iPad 3 to the creator of the first commercially successful OCR-application launched on the Apple App Store. The winning application should:
- Use OCR-IT OCR Cloud 2.0 API for image to text processing
(http://www.ocr-it.com/ocr-cloud-2-0-api)
- Be a new application (It may not be an existing app listed on App Store as of March 12, 2012.)
- Be iPad native
- Have at least 100 downloads from App Store
- Have at least 10 user feedback comments on App Store
- Mention and link to OCR-IT Cloud 2.0 API from the App Store page and App website (if it exists)

In addition to winning the iPad, the winning developer, and the application, will be highlighted in OCR-IT's monthly Update Letter. To be considered for the award, developers should submit the qualifying App to support@ocr-it.com for a chance to win. For questions, contact support@ocr-it.com.

About the OCR-IT OCR Cloud 2.0 API

OCR Cloud 2.0 provides one of the most powerful development platforms for Web-based document processing using POST. The API has been adopted by thousands of developers worldwide, in the broadest possible range of industries and applications.
The Web OCR API delivers market-leading capabilities, including:
• Operating system and language independence: any Web-enabled device now can utilize OCR through any programming language, most popular being .NET, C#, C++, Java.
• Wide range of supported image formats allows developers to use the same API for different versatile applications. Supported formats include: JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIF, PCX, DCX and PDF.
• Powerful image pre-processing and cleanup options, which improve image clarity and remove noise and background shades for clearer images and phenomenal OCR text quality.
• Specialized document analysis and text extraction modes, which allow developers to fine-tune text results for specific applications, such as business cards, low-quality text, and text within images.
• Support multiple Latin and Cyrillic OCR languages
• Support for all popular text output formats including TXT, RTF, DOC, XLS, PDF, XML, Unicode and UTF-8/UTF-16 encoding (for some formats).

NOTE: Void where prohibited by law or restrictions. Offer is not available to OCR-IT employees or relatives. OCR-IT will cover shipping costs to USA or international addresses via a carrier of OCR-IT's choice. OCR-IT will NOT be responsible for any duties, import taxes, or other international fees. Selection of a winning App will be solely determined by achieving requirements listed above and by earliest date of listing on App Store. Submissions to support@ocr-it.com are considered received after acknowledgement. Apple, iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Computer.