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Optical character recognition

also referred to as: ocr

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 25, 2020 by Luis von Ahn · across every show →

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May 25, 2020
Assertion Supported
Von Ahn: Early OCR failed on 30% of scanned book words
“Computers cannot, or at the time, could not recognize many of the words. About 30% of the words computers could not recognize.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 22:04 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
Dec 18, 2023
Assertion Supported
von Ahn: Early book scanning software failed on 30% of words
“Computers cannot, or at the time, could not recognize many of the words, about 30% of the words computers could not recognize.”
Luis von Ahn Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 22:14 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
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