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by tshaddox 1601 days ago
Do you have any data on the reliability of OCR systems used in production? I don’t have any such data, but given that the USPS was using OCR to sort mail over 50 years ago I would be surprised if these systems aren’t incredibly accurate.
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From: https://research.aimultiple.com/ocr-technology/

"There are still no OCR tools that work at human level in most applications"

and also from my personal experience working with this technology every day. There are many more mistakes in OCR even with printed material than might be expected.

There is a major problem with Xerox Scanners and the 8's and 0's issue I reference.