Method and system for converting image text documents in bit-mapped formats to searchable text and for searching the searchable text

Abstract

A system 10 and method for searching image text documents includes a content repository 12 storing image documents having text images therein. An image text transformer 14 performs optical character recognition on the image documents to form optical character recognition results and creates a reflection repository 22 having reflection files therein corresponding to the image documents from the optical character recognition results. A search engine 38 searches the reflection files and a user device 30 displays a first reflection file from the reflection files or a first image document from the image documents in response to searching. The files are displayed on a display 32 associated with a user device 30.

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