Each year, ISRI staff prepares a new set of data to be used for independent testing of OCR systems. Future data will include sample pages drawn from a larger variety of documents. All devices are then installed in the ISRI automated test environment. Finally, using software tools developed at UNLV, ISRI staff conducts a comprehensive, in-depth, and independent program to test and compare the performance of each device. The results of this Technology Assessment Test Program are presented each year at the ISRI Symposium .
Extreme care is devoted to publishing fair and unbiased reports of the performance of each system.
Steve Rice conducts the program.