Organizations today are looking for ways to shed light on “Dark Data” – information that organizations have available to collect, process and store during regular business activities, but that gets overlooked, lost, or is left unused in the process. It includes, among other things, handwritten data that exists on forms, contracts, and a variety of […]
How are AIIM Professionals Using Signature Verification?
A thoroughly engaged group of AIIM professionals swapped stories and asked questions and in a quick half hour roundtable with Parascript’s Chris Hill. “3 Ways to Use the Signatures You’re Scanning” was the topic that kicked off the discussion on day three of the 2014 AIIM Conference. Signatures are a symbol of trust. They serve […]
Document Analytics to Identify Noncomformance
If you have ever been involved with sales, legal, marketing, or generally any business function that involves agreements, then chances are, you’ve had to endure the back-and-forth that comes with negotiating terms and ensuring that any changes are reflected in the agreement. Then comes the final moment when the signatures need to be added. And […]
Automating Signature Verification on Absentee Ballots and Mail-In Votes
Since the most common form of identification used at the polls is a signature, many states and municipal governments are making a conscious effort to ensure that their processes include signature authentication. This can be an arduous and labor-intensive process. Mail-in voting is proving to be an increasingly popular method of voting in the […]
Infographic: Why Automated Signature Verification? Here’s Why!
A couple of months ago, Parascript released a short video featuring the benefits of automated signature verification and how it compares to human verification. Now there’s an infographic explaining the art of automated signature verification, click here to see it: Click Here to View the Infographic. Signatures are a unique biometric that belongs to each […]
Signature Verification: Man vs. Machine
Visual signature verification is one of the most common fraud prevention methods that has remained unchanged for many decades. Although criticized, visual verification is still used as the final arbiter when automatic signature verification cannot make a reliable conclusion, or makes the wrong conclusion about signature authenticity. How reliable is visual verification? How does visual […]
3 Signature elements used in automatic verification
In 1897 Abbé Jean-Hippolyte Michon, the founder of graphology, divided handwriting into seven fundamental elements: speed, pressure, form, dimension, continuity, direction, and order. Since then, the anatomy of handwriting (including signatures) has not changed and these characteristics are still key in signature verification analysis. Forensic expertise looks at such features of handwriting as height, width, […]
Signature Biometrics and Validation: An Introduction
What is biometrics? A biometric is a substantially stable physical or behavioral characteristic or trait of a person which can be automatically measured and characterized for comparison. In the context of signatures, biometrics are physiological and behavioral characteristics that make a signature unique.
Signature Verification — Software + Humans = Great Fraud Prevention
Do you ever wonder what happens to signatures on the checks you sign? On two different days your signature, although genuine, might look very different. So why dont you ever get a call from the bank asking to confirm a transaction? There are a number of reasons, but one might be that their signature analysts […]