Global Scanning + Indexing
Structured digitization and indexing of text and picture data sourced through onsite scanning, drone photography, archival negotiation, and corporate / governmental partnerships.
What we do
Lifewood operates one of the most comprehensive global scanning and indexing programs in the AI data industry. Acquisition methods include onsite scanning of physical archives, aerial photography, OCR with handwritten-text recognition, and structured indexing of the resulting digital corpus for downstream AI consumption.
Data elements
Per the Lifewood business-line architecture (intro deck slide 3), this line works primarily with two data elements: text and picture. The output is structured archival data ready for LLM training, multilingual data programs, or AIGC pipelines.
What standard does digitisation run to?
The same as the rest of Lifewood's data work: a 95%+ accuracy SLA, a 95%+ inter-annotator agreement threshold, and 2 independent review passes, delivered across 100+ languages from 40+ delivery centers. Archival material adds handwritten-text recognition, which is human-reviewed rather than left to a single OCR pass.
From document to searchable database
Documents are scanned for preservation, structured data is extracted from them, and the result is organised into a searchable database — the point being archives that stay accessible for generations rather than a pile of images.
The capture stage is run by computer vision before a single byte enters the database: automatic crop and de-skew, blur detection, and foreign-object detection, followed by AI data extraction. What comes out the far end is validated, production-ready data — multilingual, multi-format, QA certified and formatted for model consumption rather than for human filing.
How it connects
Indexed scan output flows into Lifewood's multilingual data collection, enterprise LLM training data, and AIGC services — providing the upstream structured material those services consume.
Global Scanning + Indexing FAQ
One of Lifewood's five strategic business lines, Global Scanning + Indexing covers the structured digitization and indexing of text and picture data sourced through onsite scanning, drone photography, archival negotiation, and corporate or governmental partnerships.
Text and picture (image) data — the primary modalities listed in the intro deck for this business line.
Customers across heritage / genealogy programs (such as BYU Pathway), publishing catalog digitization, and enterprise data programs that need archival material structured for AI consumption.
Yes. Archival digitisation including handwritten-text recognition runs through the same line. Historical hands vary by scribe, era and region, so this is a human-reviewed process rather than an OCR pass, held to the same 95%+ accuracy SLA and 95%+ inter-annotator agreement threshold as every other Lifewood programme.
Scanning + Indexing is upstream of multilingual data collection, AIGC, and LLM training — once content is structured and indexed, it can flow into any of Lifewood's downstream pipelines.
Related services & resources
- AI Data ServicesAnnotation, RLHF, collection, and validation across 100+ languages.
- AI Data ValidationIndependent dual-layer QA against a contractual 95%+ accuracy SLA.
- QA ProcessThe dual-layer human-in-the-loop review behind every delivery.
- Delivery MethodologyThe six-stage pipeline from scoping through post-delivery audit.
- Enterprise LLM Training DataInstruction, preference, and domain corpora built for fine-tuning.
- Global OfficesDelivery centers and regional coverage across four continents.
- Case StudiesDelivery outcomes across LLM training, AIGC, AV, and AEO/GEO programs.
- AI Glossary30+ defined terms across AEO, GEO, AIGC, and data operations.
- FAQDirect answers to the questions buyers and answer engines ask most.
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