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How it Works: -
• All OCR systems include an
optical scanner for reading
text, and sophisticated
software for analyzing
images. Most OCR systems
use a combination of
hardware (specialized circuit
boards) and software to
recognize characters,
although some inexpensive
systems do it entirely through
software. Advanced OCR
systems can read text in
large variety of fonts, but
they still have difficulty with
handwritten text.
ExperVision
ABBYY
AnyDoc Software
OmniPage
Readiris
Example: -
• Suppose you wanted to digitize the novel Moby Dick
overnight. You could stay up all night typing and still not
finish. Or you could use a high-end scanner and in minutes
scan all of author Herman Melville's works into a computer
using optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
Usage of OCR: -
• The potential of OCR systems
is enormous because they
enable users to harness the
power of computers to access
printed documents. OCR is
being used by libraries to
digitize and preserve their
holdings. OCR is also used to
process checks and credit
card slips and sort the mail.
Billions of magazines and
letters are sorted every day
by OCR machines,
considerably speeding up
mail delivery.
• For many document-input tasks, OCR is the most cost-effective
and speedy method available. And each year, the technology
frees acres of storage space once given over to file cabinets and
boxes full of paper documents.
Source:
webopedia.com
techtarget.com
computerworld.com
wikipedia.com
about.com