19. A system for verifying matching content between a plurality of text documents, comprising: a storage device for storing in electronic form an authentication signature generated from electronic text characters from an electronic form of a first text document; a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device and being operative to access the authentication signature generated from the electronic text characters from the electronic form of the first text document and being further operative to: electronically obtain an image document; store the image document in the storage device; transform the image document to a second electronic text document; generate an authentication signature from the second electronic text document; and compare authentication signatures respectively generated from the first and second electronic text documents for a match.
19. A system for verifying matching content between a plurality of text documents, comprising: a storage device for storing in electronic form an authentication signature generated from electronic text characters from an electronic form of a first text document; a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device and being operative to access the authentication signature generated from the electronic text characters from the electronic form of the first text document and being further operative to: electronically obtain an image document; store the image document in the storage device; transform the image document to a second electronic text document; generate an authentication signature from the second electronic text document; and compare authentication signatures respectively generated from the first and second electronic text documents for a match. 22. The system according to claim 19 , wherein the processor is further operative to generate an encryption of an authentication signature.