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Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

This advice document looks at the process of converting printed type into a computer readable format. In the 1950s the first commercial optical character recognition (OCR) applications appeared, however it wasn't until the early 1990s that 'off the shelf' products were made available. This document looks at the OCR process and how the condition of the original document and the capture technique can affect the quality of the digital output.
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How Do I Digitise Difficult Objects?

Scanners and digital cameras are the most commonly used devices for capturing still images; the digital files they create fit seamlessly into the modern workflow. This document looks at scanners and digital cameras and how they can be used to capture non-typical objects. In this document we look at a range of different objects and how we can capture them with a camera or scanner and a few accessories.
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Scanning with the CLA Licence

This course provides a thorough practical overview of how to digitise images and text from print-based materials. You will use a desktop scanner and related technology to effectively enable you to leverage the rights granted to you by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) scanning licence.
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Font identification on the iPhone

A free app for the iPhone allows you to identify any font that you come across.
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Camera phones come of age

As a photographer I have never found the camera stuffed into most mobile phones to be a deal breaker. Whenever I have bought a new phone I have tested the camera, but have always found it lacking. After a recent phone upgrade I thought I should repeat my usual test on the camera, this was mainly to confirm my firmly entrenched prejudices.
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New optical character recognition (OCR) document

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process of converting printed text into a computer readable format.
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