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Automating Signature Verification
The basics of software verification

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Signatures are critically important in
society

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Signatures authorize transactions
Checks, cards, debits

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Signatures validate documents
Applications, contracts, taxes

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Signatures authorize voting
Vote-by-mail

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Signatures are a form of biometric

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Signatures are a subconscious expression
Both the signer and the authorizer are impacted by:
Mood Environment
Writing
Instrument
Writing
Surface
Fatigue

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But signatures can be forged

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Types of forgeries
Random | Blind | Skilled
Person 1 Person 2 Person 3

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Validating authenticity is manual, expensive
If Amount > $X, Check Signature
Not everything can be checked so rules are applied

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and human performance is conditional
Performance degrades over time and in different environments

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Software verification lowers costs and
doesn’t get tired

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Signature software reduces cost and risk
 Doesn’t get tired or have a bad day
 Can process much higher volumes
 Consistently demonstrates higher accuracy

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and helps prevent common human errors
Genuine Profile Image
Rejected Genuine
Accepted Forgery
Genuine Profile Image

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Software can be used with electronic
or paper capture

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There are many applications
 Automated fraud management
 Matching for document search
and retrieval
 Transaction authorization
 Voting
 And more…

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See how it works
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http://info.parascript.com/automati
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