Pesseract is a working proof of concept that was created by Hamed Mousavi, a software engineer, and myself. Hamed and some of his colleagues won the prize of 9th XBRL Global Academic Competition 2008-09, which was held in Bryant University, USA.
Pesseract is not a commercial product yet, but it is very robust software application that works incredibly well for a proof of concept. It can help you understand what you should be asking other software companies for in terms of features and functionality. Here are several ways to understand Pesseract:
- Screen shots: About 30 screen shots that help you see the features.
- Videos: Several video play lists.
- Download: Download the application and try it out for yourself.
- Pesseract Testing: Download these files and try Pesseract locally. (Use this documentation to understand the steps you should perform. Helps you understand the method below.)
- Demonstration scripts: About 20 demonstration scripts that you can read, or walk through yourself (if you download the software.
- Method: Good practices/best practices based method for creating a process control mechanism that consistently yields high-quality XBRL-based financial reports where the model can be “reshaped” or “altered” by report creators explained as briefly as is possible. (Supported by Pesseract).
- Mastering XBRL-based Digital Financial Reporting: Try any of the 12 test cases that I have created to exercise XBRL-based digital financial reporting. Pesseract was used to test and develop a lot of these ideas.
If you download the software and want a license, email me and I will get you a license and send you instructions how to install the license.
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