Re: OCR and Machine Readable Text

Steve Stewart wrote:

I have used OCR a fair bit, and I agree with you, I think you're being generous by saying even a 65% accuracy rate. I think our OCR technology today is pathetic, and it would be quicker just to type the damn documents ourselves. I've used a bunch of different packages from guys like HP, and others. I certainly don't know what Alan Olsen was using.

[snip] I needed OCR to create indexed text databases of federal documents, particularly legislation. The amount of hand editing required is enormous. That alone would justify (in a sense) the use of off- shore labor.