Ship of Fools: All hail OCR!

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Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on :

I have an OCR program on my computer. Occasionally, I have need to scan a paper document and run it through the OCR program to get the text. Of course, the OCR program is not 100% perfect - especially if the text being scanned is small and in italics.

Recently I scanned a document that contained the phrase "Encourage and praise."

Imagine my reaction when the OCR program turned this into "Encourage anal praise."

This lightened up my day considerably.

Quite apart from wondering what "anal praise" might look like, I wonder if anyone else has an OCR generated beauty they have experienced.

Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :

We had an anti-Christian OCR apparently. In roughly a million tries, it never, ever got the word "Lord" right. Which led to such gems as "Praise the Lion," "our help is in the name of the Loan," and "the Loin is my delight."

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
"the Loin is my delight."

Perhaps it is a mind reader.

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

...as long as it's not coupled with anal praise, I hope

Posted by Aelred of Riveaux (# 12833) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
"our help is in the name of the Loan,"

Maybe it was a pro payday loans OCR.

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :

"Praise the Lion"? Clearly, designed by a Narnian! w00t!
[Yipee]

Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on :

Or a Rastafarian. [Smile]

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
Quite apart from wondering what "anal praise" might look like, I wonder if anyone else has an OCR generated beauty they have experienced.

Sadly not, but it does remind me of the early Word spellchecker that insisted on altering every occurrence of "Latvia" (in an essay on agriculture in said country, so there were quite a few) to "Labia".
[Snigger]

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