Signatures are important for authorizing transactions but can be forged. Manually verifying signatures is expensive and human performance varies, while software verification is more consistent, reduces costs, and processes higher volumes. Software can help prevent common human errors in verification and works with both electronic and paper signatures, having applications in fraud management, document retrieval, transactions, voting, and more.

1. Automating Signature Verification
The basics of software verification
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2. Signatures are critically important in
society
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3. Signatures authorize transactions
Checks, cards, debits
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4. Signatures validate documents
Applications, contracts, taxes
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5. Signatures authorize voting
Vote-by-mail
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6. Signatures are a form of biometric
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7. Signatures are a subconscious expression
Both the signer and the authorizer are impacted by:
Writing
Mood Environment
Instrument
Writing
Fatigue
Surface
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8. But signatures can be forged
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9. Types of forgeries
Random | Blind | Skilled
Person 1 Person 2 Person 3
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10. Validating authenticity is manual, expensive
Not everything can be checked so rules are applied
If Amount > $X, Check Signature
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11. and human performance is conditional
Performance degrades over time and in different environments
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12. Software verification lowers costs and
doesn’t get tired
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13. 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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14. and helps prevent common human errors
Accepted Forgery Genuine Profile Image
Genuine Profile Image
Rejected Genuine
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15. Software can be used with electronic
or paper capture
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16. There are many applications
 Automated fraud management
 Matching for document search
and retrieval
 Transaction authorization
 Voting
 And more…
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17. See how it works
 Watch Video
http://info.parascript.com/automati
ng-signature-verification-video
 Get the Whitepaper:
http://www.parascript.com/signatures
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