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Jack Tingle · 12-19-2009, 06:06 PM

Probably 3. Maybe 2. All the scanner does is make a picture, so if you can see the picture, 1 is not it.

OCR software tries to recognize characters from the picture, and then turn them into words from a dictionary. You need two dictionaries, and some kind of referee to tell the OCR which one to use. There may not be such a thing.

Good Luck,
Jack Tingle

12-19-2009, 06:06 PM	#2
Jack Tingle Punctuation Fetishist Posts: 557 Karma: 1070000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Bluest Commonwealth In East America Device: Kindle PW, Nexus 7 (2013), Galaxy S5 phone, Galaxy Tab 4 8.0	Probably 3. Maybe 2. All the scanner does is make a picture, so if you can see the picture, 1 is not it. OCR software tries to recognize characters from the picture, and then turn them into words from a dictionary. You need two dictionaries, and some kind of referee to tell the OCR which one to use. There may not be such a thing. Good Luck, Jack Tingle