1. A method for extracting textual information from a document containing text characters using a digital image capture device, comprising: capturing a plurality of digital images of the document using the digital image capture device; automatically analyzing each of the captured digital images using an optical character recognition process to determine extracted textual data for each captured digital image; and merging the extracted textual data for the captured digital images to determine the textual information for the document, wherein differences between the extracted textual data for the captured digital images are analyzed to determine the textual information for the document; wherein the method is performed, at least in part, using a data processor.