OCR and Machine Readable Text

[Dale Thorn]

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.