SignDoc - Product Profile

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◊ E-Signing with Handwritten Signatures

SignDoc^® allows you to embed handwritten signatures into electronic documents in a legally binding, trustworthy, and secure manner.

One of the world's most popular E-Signing product can be deployed in two ways:

Desktop solution: Choose the SignDoc Rich Client - for usage in-office or in-the-field (even offline)
Server solution: SignDoc Web - the ultra-thin client enabling E-Signing in the web-browser.

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SignDoc is the natural, simple yet effective method to sign digital which everyone understands. It is THE equivalent to the traditional signing ceremony on paper for the 21st century.

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◊ Handwritten Signatures in the Digital Workflow

An increasing number of banks and companies in many other verticals have successfully integrated handwritten signatures in electronic processes using SignDoc.
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It is easy to understand why, since handwritten signatures offer what Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) or other Biometrics such as finger prints cannot provide:

Signatures are a non-intrusive proof of intent.
Signatures are culturally accepted and understood
Signing is the most personal way for authentication
The invisible biometric characteristics of signatures such as the different levels of writing pressure cannot be spied out.

These are reasons enough for more and more companies to take signatures seriously.

Signed, sealed, trusted: SOFTPRO's SignDoc allows you to trust in the authenticity and integrity of electronic documents signed with the handwritten signature.
>> [ Read more how SignDoc caters for trustworthy e-Signing ]

◊ Business Benefits

We invite you to explore where, why and how you can benefit in using SignDoc in your processes.

SPEED UP - SignDoc enhances productivity and efficiency thank to a straight-through electronic document workflow. Skip the use of paper for the sole purpose of capturing a signature.
SAVE $$$$ - Electronic signing results in attractive paybacks. Some of SOFTPRO's customers have calculated their savings which range between 2 and 3 USD per document on average.
GET FOCUSED - Gain time to focus on customer service instead of managing paper documents
GO GREEN - A significant reduction in paper usage in creating a "green workflow" is likely to be a vital asset in your companies Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy. Using SignDoc results in an effective reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions and helps to save trees.
STAY SAFE - An easy integrity check within a standard PDF-viewer (like Adobe Reader) allows every recipient of a document signed with SignDoc to verify if this document was tampered after the signing process.

Return on Investment Aspects

The potential cost savings derive from the avoidance of several steps in the document management process such as printing, storing, preparing, signing, routing, shipping, scanning, indexing and physical archiving.
In addition to the factors mentioned before one aspect should not be underestimated: The improvement of the service experience by customers.
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Additional benefits for the back office

Some of SOFTPRO's our banking customers have also successfully optimized their back office processes: SOFTPRO serves several processing centers running multi-tenant systems which includes specialized services such as automatic signature verification for processing of transaction documents like giros and checks (SignCheck).

The quality of their stored signature reference data has increased tremendously
They were able to reduce their efforts of manual post-processing and the whole signature verification process became cheaper.
In addition to this, fraud attempts on the documents are detected more efficiently and at a lower cost to the bank.

>> [ Check out the case study how a banking back office also benefits of e-Signing ]

◊ Application Examples

Where do you want to get rid of paper today and start to reduce costs now? Get inspired with some examples...

Finance		At account opening, standing orders, exemption orders for capital gains, loans, mortgage origination and closing, any other contract processes … >> [ Customer Comment of Finanz Informatik ]
Insurance		contracts, agreements, damage documentation … >> [ Customer Comment of VPV ]
Telecommunication		Phone contracts, subscriptions … >> [ Customer Comment of Sunrise ]
Industry		Audit trails, production process and servicing journals, test reports, receipts …
Retail		Payment processes, receipts at the point of sale, or point of delivery >> [ Customer Comment: Telecash ]
Real Estate		Contracts, audit trails, journals … >> [ Customer Comment: Equitable Real Estate ]
Health Sector		Electronic Medical Record (EMR), patient consent forms, lab reports, discharge letters, prescriptions … >> [ Customer Comment: University of Wyoming Health Service ]
Education		Various forms of documentation, papers exchanged in a correspondence course, orders (e.g. interlending) … >> [ Customer Comment of Dakota State University ]

Most of the applications listed above may be executed using SignDoc almost everywhere in the world. Note that in some countries the legislation included some limitations for particular processes.
>> [ Check our brief overview on legal aspects of E-Signing ]

◊ Signed & Sealed

After defining a signing area within an electronic document using SignDoc^®, an authorizing person may sign the document in exactly the same manner that they would sign a piece of paper.
This kind of electronic signature - also known as a "dynamic signature" or a "biometric signature" - is captured using one of many supported signature capture devices such as a pen pad, a writing tablet or a Tablet PC.
The authenticity of the signature can be verified at any point in time either manually, or using SOFTPRO's unique automatic combo-verification to provide a high level of trustworthiness.
The integrity of the signature and the document is secured using state-of-the art technologies for encryption and and integrity protection.

Click on the image to see the certificate of the TUeV Saarland as PDF file in another browser window

TÜV Saarland, a member of the German Technical Inspection Association Group (Technischer Überwachungs-Verein, TÜV) confirms the easy and safe operation of world's leading software for electronic signatures with handwritten signatures. SignDoc was tested in conjunction with the signature tablet SignPad eSignio. The experts agree that users can be confident that the documents signed at a SignPad and stored in SignDoc be complete, detailed and processed in a secure manner. The electronic signature and the document associated with it are protected against manipulation attempts and fundamental transmission errors have been systematically excluded.
Additional information about the certification is available in the corresponding media release

◊ Seamless Integration in e-Workflow

SignDoc offers several options for seamless integration with a minimum of coding effort - an ActiveX component and a software development kit (SDK). Please use the following table as "quick pathfinder" for integration options and click the appropriate anchor link for details.

Rich Client Application Active X possible?	Web-Browser Application	Adobe LiveCycle^® Application
yes - choose SignDoc ActiveX no - choose SignDoc SDK	SignDoc^® Web Check detailed description on additional page	SignDoc^® for Adobe Reader Check detailed description on additional page

SignDoc ActiveX component*

Looking for the easiest way to integrate SignDoc with a minimum of coding? Choose the SignDoc ActiveX component. It can be customized to reveal or disguise the menu and various toolbars and supports auto-insert of signature fields and so integrates seamlessly into your applications. The ActiveX component is part of the SignDoc Standard Rich Client.

SignDoc SDK

For those who intend to integrate E-Signing capabilities tightly on the application level SOFTPRO offers two Software Development Kits (SDK).

SignWare SDK provides functionality for capturing signatures, visualizing captured signatures and verify static and dynamic (biometric) signature characteristics. Features that work on static images captured through scanning are also available.
[ Please contact our PreSales-Team for details about the SignWare SDK via E-Mail ]
SignDoc SDK provides anything necessary to embed signature objects into documents, visualize, fill and sign documents with signatures digitized on capturing devices like for example SignPad eSignio.
[ Please contact our PreSales-Team for details about the SignDoc SDK via E-Mail ]