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OCR with a Smile!
An Operator's Guide to Optical Character Recognition
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August 1998 - (Englewood, Colorado)--In 1998, nearly 10 million Americans will buy scanners bundled with optical character recognition (OCR) software. The job of this software is to convert paper documents into computer-editable documents with better than 99% accuracy. Unless the documents scanned look as pure as fresh-fallen snow, the odds are not in their favor. This book is about OCR systems; how to operate them for maximum throughput and achieve the highest accuracy in the process. It teaches the reader how to handle messy photocopies, low-resolution facsimiles, bleed through, coffee stains, staple holes, handwritten notations, torn edges, background shading, form boxes, ring binder holes and other anomalies found on real-world documents.
With this comprehensive reference, the reader will get a clear idea of what must be done and how to start doing it when no software manual addresses their specific problem. OCR with a Smile! addresses the true fundamentals for operating an OCR system and offers them valuable information on accuracy enhancements, document preparation, scanner settings, error classification, the cleanup process, tips, tricks, and caveats regardless of the computer platform, operating system, or software application they use.
About the Author:
The author, Fred F. Ross, is widely regarded as a top expert in the selection and use of optical character recognition systems. For the past 10 years, Mr. Ross has been going up against some of the biggest OCR jobs in the industry and has been retained for consulting and training by a number of Fortune 100 companies.
OCR with a Smile! An Operator's Guide to Optical Character Recognition by Fred F. Ross, ISBN: 0-9665904-0-6, 205 pages, paperbound. Price U.S. $28.50. For additional information, contact the House Of Scanning, LLC at (800) 500-4338, visit us at http://www.apx.com/ocr or send e-mail to smile@apx.com
Fred Ross
House Of Scanning, LLC
(800) 500-4338
FredR@apx.com
http://www.apx.com/ocr/
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