dagblog - Comments for "Gov photos all post envelopes" http://dagblog.com/link/gov-photos-all-post-16993 Comments for "Gov photos all post envelopes" en Having studied OCR as part of http://dagblog.com/comment/180676#comment-180676 <a id="comment-180676"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/gov-photos-all-post-16993">Gov photos all post envelopes</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Having studied OCR as part of my PhD research, you might be interested in knowing that the post office's use of OCR is often highlighted in survey discussions of the topic. It seems that their OCR is <em>better</em> at reading handwriting than most humans. (It helps that they're able to make certain assumptions about the structure of what they're reading.) It's always been presented as useful in helping mail to automatically get to where it's supposed to go, but now I think there might be another reason. The government has always been willing to spend more money on military and surveillance technology…</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:06:07 +0000 Verified Atheist comment 180676 at http://dagblog.com It'd be nice if they http://dagblog.com/comment/180652#comment-180652 <a id="comment-180652"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/gov-photos-all-post-16993">Gov photos all post envelopes</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It'd be nice if they monitored every gun.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:10:01 +0000 Orion comment 180652 at http://dagblog.com