Identifying desynchronization between representations of data obtained from an ordered plurality of documents

A method, comprising:

• imaging each of an ordered plurality of documents to form a respective ordered plurality of images;
• performing optical character recognition on the ordered plurality of images to generate an ordered first plurality of data strings;
• magnetically reading a magnetic ink recognition line from each of the plurality of documents to generate an ordered second plurality of data strings;
• comparing each data string in the first plurality to a corresponding data string in the second plurality and to each data string sequentially before or sequentially after the corresponding data string in the second plurality;
• based on the comparing, designating each data string in the first plurality as being one of unknown, synchronized, leading, or trailing;
• when a continuous sequence of N data strings in the first plurality have a same designation as leading or trailing, generating an error signal associated with the first and second pluralities identifying all N of the data strings in the continuous sequence as being desynchronized, where N equals or exceeds a specified sequence threshold;
• and
• making only images associated with data strings in the first plurality that synchronized available for viewing.

A system, comprising:

• an optical scanner configured to capture an ordered plurality of images from a respective ordered plurality of documents;
• a processor configured to perform optical character recognition on the ordered plurality of images to generate a respective ordered first plurality of data strings;
• and
• a magnetic scanner configured to magnetically read a magnetic ink recognition line from each of the plurality of documents to generate a respective ordered second plurality of data strings;
• wherein the processor is further configured to:
• compare each data string in the first plurality to the corresponding data string in the second plurality and to each data string sequentially before or sequentially after the corresponding data string in the second plurality;
• based on the comparison, designate each data string in the first plurality as being one of unknown, synchronized, leading, or trailing;
• identify a continuous sequence of N data strings in the first plurality that all have a designation of leading or all have a designation of trailing, where N equals or exceeds a specified sequence threshold;
• generate a single error signal that identifies all N of the data strings in the continuous sequence as being desynchronized;
• and
• making only images associated with data strings in the first plurality that synchronized available for viewing.