Optical Character Recognition
248 Citations•1990•
Rafael G. González-Acuña, Héctor A. Chaparro-Romo, I. Melendez-Montoya
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
Computer-based optical character recognition systems allow blind persons access to a wide variety of printed material and the features that should be considered before one purchases them are described.
Abstract
Computer-based optical character recognition (OCR) systems allow blind persons access to a wide variety of printed material. This article describes these systems and how they work and discusses the features that should be considered before one purchases them.