Re: [NTLK] please Talk Me Out of This!.

From: Andy Collins (acollins_at_newted.dyndns.org)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 08:54:46 PDT


>
> I too did a double take. Is there an app for desktops? If that were the
>case can you imagine what it would do for microfiche storage business. My
>God, it would revolutionize the library profession's access to information!
>Is this really possible?
>I kind of doubt it really exists but then again I can't see why not. What's
>so hard about taking a picture or jpg of some micro text and running it
>through a "photo" OCR app?
>
>M'Best,
>Ron
I heard about this last week.
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/news/2003/157/news5.html an OCR system you
can point at signs and messages in a foreign language and it will translate
them into English. It's not too far from what you saw.

Cheers.

Andy.

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