11. A synchronization method for matching characters from a plurality of different character lists output by a corresponding plurality of different OCR engines, comprising the steps of: a) adjusting a number of look-ahead characters which defines how many characters are being matched in each of said character lists from the different optical character recognition (OCR) engines; b) adjusting a character substitution ratio which defines how many characters are being ignored in each of said character lists; c) ignoring a number of characters in each of said character lists based on said character substitution ratio; d) comparing a number of characters following said ignored characters in each of said character lists based on said number of look-ahead characters; and e) identifying a character substitution error if said number of look-ahead characters in each of said character lists match.
11. A synchronization method for matching characters from a plurality of different character lists output by a corresponding plurality of different OCR engines, comprising the steps of: a) adjusting a number of look-ahead characters which defines how many characters are being matched in each of said character lists from the different optical character recognition (OCR) engines; b) adjusting a character substitution ratio which defines how many characters are being ignored in each of said character lists; c) ignoring a number of characters in each of said character lists based on said character substitution ratio; d) comparing a number of characters following said ignored characters in each of said character lists based on said number of look-ahead characters; and e) identifying a character substitution error if said number of look-ahead characters in each of said character lists match. 13. A synchronization method as recited in claim 11, further comprising the steps of: f) changing said character substitution ratio until said number of look-ahead characters in each of said character lists match; and g) changing said number of look-ahead characters until said number of look-ahead characters matches and said number of look-ahead characters is greater than zero.