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Learning Robotic Process Automation
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Learning Robotic Process Automation

by Alok Mani Tripathi
March 2018
Beginner
360 pages
8h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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Screen Scraping

Screen Scraping is a method of extracting data from documents, websites, and PDFs. It is a very powerful method for extracting text. We can extract text using the Screen Scraper wizard. The Screen Scraper wizard has three scraping methods:

  • Full Text
  • Native
  • OCR

We shall elaborate on each of these methods one by one. One should have a clear understanding of these methods in order to know when to use which method. There will be situations when we have to choose the best method for our needs:

  • Full text: The Full text activity is used to extract information from various types of documents and websites. It has a 100% accuracy rate. It is the fastest method among all three methods. It even works in the background. It is also capable ...
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ISBN: 9781788470940