Do You Think OCR Software Would Recognize This Handwriting?
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I hope you're able to read even a little bit of these pictures I took with my camera to give me an idea of whether or not OCR software would recognize it. I've used OCR software before, but the first time I used it, I think I didn't recognize my handwriting because it was cursive. Thanks.
I've not used much OCR software, and certainly not the latest, but what I've used was for printed, as in typewritten or typeset text, not handwritten.
So, looking up The State Of The Art:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting_recognition
You might be better off reading the text aloud and using something like Dragon to convert your speech to text.
So, looking up The State Of The Art:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting_recognition
Looks like "not ready for prime time" to me. The handwriting is technically printed, but I see a lot of overlap between characters within a word, and I imagine that could cause all kinds of problems.
You might be better off reading the text aloud and using something like Dragon to convert your speech to text.
No.
The interconnection of most letters with adjacent ones, and the overall circularity of most of them would baffle any OCR software, I fear. OCR software I have used has enough trouble recognizing standard-font text.
The interconnection of most letters with adjacent ones, and the overall circularity of most of them would baffle any OCR software, I fear. OCR software I have used has enough trouble recognizing standard-font text.
Just a reminder, Windows 7 comes with its own speech to text utility. It's at least as good as Dragon.
My experience with OCR is also not current, but I don't think it would. Hell, it sometimes struggles with typewritten text.
That said, any decent office support staffer with adequate keyboarding skills could do it, easy. The human eye and brain is pretty amazing at this sort of task.
When I was an administrative assistant, back at the dawn of time, they'd bring me work from other departments because I was good at decoding people's handwriting.
Maryn, who didn't even use a magic decoder ring
That said, any decent office support staffer with adequate keyboarding skills could do it, easy. The human eye and brain is pretty amazing at this sort of task.
When I was an administrative assistant, back at the dawn of time, they'd bring me work from other departments because I was good at decoding people's handwriting.
Maryn, who didn't even use a magic decoder ring
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Also if your using windows 7 with a tablet you can just write into word or another word processor. It recognizes my cursive pretty well before I trained it and it's mostly flawless once I trained it.
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Nope. I use the OCR feature in PDF all the time for work, and it won't even read or convert text that is too small, a little faded, etc. That would come out to nothing by unreadable tex.
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