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The history of OCR
Optical Character Recognition
by Herbert F. Schantz
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This edition was published in 1982 by Recognition Technologies Users Association in [Manchester Center, Vermont, USA.
Written in English
— 114 pages
1st Edition
Previews available in: English
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The history of OCR: Optical Character Recognition
1982, Recognition Technologies Users Association
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The History of OCR
Optical Character Recognition
First published in 1982
Subjects
automation, computer vision, data processing, Optical character recognition devices, OCR, Geschichte, Optische Zeichenerkennung, Optical character recognition, OPTICAL SCANNERS, CHARACTER RECOGNITION, HistoryPeople
Jacob RabinowTimes
1950-1980Work Description
A history of OCR technology, esp. from the 1950s through the 1970s.
The history of OCR
Optical Character Recognition
This edition was published in 1982 by Recognition Technologies Users Association in [Manchester Center, Vermont, USA.
First Sentence
"To answer the question where optical character recognition really began tempts one to be overzealous and to look for OCR's early roots in the well-researched history of mankind's first use of symbols for representing concepts and, later, language."
Edition Description
1st Edition
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 | Men of Vision | |
| Chapter 2 | OCR's "Fabulous Fifties" | |
| Chapter 3 | Years of Expansion | |
| Chapter 4 | The "Eyes" of Texas 1861-69 | |
| Chapter 5 | Sales, Service and Standardization | |
| Chapter 6 | "Why Should I Use OCR?" | |
| Chapter 7 | A Mature Technology 1970-80 | |
| Chapter 8 | OCR in the Age of Instant Response | |
| Appendix A | OCR List of Terms | |
| Appendix B | An OCR Chronology | |
| Appendix C | References | |
| Footnotes | ||
| Index |
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 101-103.
Includes index.
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