The first step in any conversion or migration effort must be to identify the format of the source material. In the AMCon process, we categorize all source formats as one of two types:

Type A Source is any electronic format that can be accurately extracted to Rich Text Format (RTF). This includes most word processing and publishing files such as MS Word, FrameMaker, Interleaf/Quicksilver, ArborText, WordPerfect, and Text-editable PDF.

Type B Source is any format that does not fall into the Type A category, such as Hardcopy and Scanned Image files.

Type A Source material requires significantly less preparation and “clean-up” than Type B. Once the content is exported to RTF and the accuracy of the resulting file is verified, it is ready for insertion into the AMCon Production Process. The AMCon Process delivers 100% accuracy on content converted from Type A Source.

Type B Source material must be scanned electronically and migrated to RTF through the use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software and a robust QA process. To ensure accuracy, AMCon scans each piece of Type B source TWICE, using a different OCR program to export each scan, and compares the two resulting files to identify any differences. This process enables AMCon to deliver 99.95% accuracy on content converted from Type B Source.