1. A method comprising the following steps: receiving, by a computer system, an image; performing character recognition, by the computer system, on at least a portion of the image to yield a recognized character string as text data; choosing a first further data processing program which is stored on a software storage device; inputting at least a portion of the recognized character string to the first further data processing program; processing input data, by the first further data processing program, with the input data including at least a portion of the recognized character string; and receiving output data resulting from the data processing step.