March 16th, 2004, 09:48 PM
March 16th, 2004, 08:33 PM
When a computer get's hold of this 'optical picture' it's still just a string of bits. Even with edge detection, there's still a string of bits that it has to process first.
Get my point, there is...
March 16th, 2004, 07:38 PM
I think I get your point. I agree with you RoadClosed, about OCR being easy to fool.
What do you mean about binary instead of optical? to my knowledge computers interpret 'optical' as a string of...
March 15th, 2004, 10:50 PM
RoadClosed, you obviously haven't recieved one of those emails have you? The text is generally a primary color, with a white background, sharp edges. Ideal for OCR. As far as not being very good,...
March 15th, 2004, 08:19 PM
Sure it's possible to detect words in images. That's what OCR is all about. I'm not sure I'd like my AV taking the time to do that scan, but life goes on.
