Adapx, Inc. has developed the Capturx™ line of commercial products, which are uniquely suited to improving field data collection.

Capturx enables paper designs, maps, and forms to be filled out or marked up with a digital pen, which digitizes the handwriting and integrates the data directly into Microsoft Office and leading GIS and CAD systems. Capturx works with standard digital pen technology and standard software applications to create unique and patented experiences which speed up data collection without requiring expensive equipment, training, IT involvement, or changes to existing business processes.

Customers get the ease and simplicity of collecting data on paper with all the benefits of immediate access to digital data in native applications. With Capturx, field personnel make workflows more efficient without the cost, delays and risks from scanning, transcribing or losing paper documents. Our innovative products have been recognized by Gartner, as one of eight Cool Vendors in Emerging Technologies, and by ESRI, with a New Partner of the Year Award.

Capturx software enables Excel files, maps and CAD drawings to be printed with a special digital watermark using office printers on ordinary paper. The digital watermark is readable by digital pens, and is unique to each application and file.

Printed forms are filled out in ink using a digital pen, which consists of a processor, sensor, and memory. As the pen writes, the handwriting is digitized and stored on the pen. When it is docked to a PC, Capturx integrates the data directly into the original Microsoft Office, PDF, or ArcGIS sources.

 Files are printed digitally on ordinary paper using a standard office printer. Capturx passes structured data from digital pens to applications in their native file formats, preserving and unique features or attributes of the data for each application. There are no interim file formats to translate or redundant software for customers to install, learn, and support. Forms are opened and printed in Excel – and the data goes right back into Excel.