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From: maf@gtenmc.UUCP (Mary Ann Finnerty)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Optical Character Recognition, how? (Curious)
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Date: 6 Dec 90 21:54:36 GMT
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This is another curious question...I use scanners frequently,
since we don't have a lan at work and I sometimes need
documentation from one of the other platforms here.

Since the scanner just recognizes type-written or computer
print-out for input, the characters it must recognize are easily
(I think) to catagorize.

My question is this, are there scanners out there that improve
as they go along?  For example, that get input somehow confirming
correct character recognition so that they add to their
repertoire (sp?) of fonts that they can recognize? 

I don't know if I expressed this very well, but it seems like a
good application for a self-learning program, but I'm not sure
how the responses could be confirmed or rejected...Curious.

maf