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A language model based optical character recogniser (OCR) for reading incidental text

McQueen et al., 2000

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16412998894832180869
Author
McQueen M
Mann S
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Proceedings of National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications

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As part of a project to develop an environmental text reader for the blind, work is being done on the development of a suitable optical character reader. Currently used optical character readers only work well on well-defined text in a known font on a clear background. These …
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