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The Secret Of Google's Book Scanning Machine Revealed - As A Matter Of Fact Blog : NPR - 28 views

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shared by dana engineer on 29 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The software used to scan books, called Optical Character Recognition software or OCR for short
    • dana engineer
      dana engineer on 04 Oct 09
       
      how can you destroy a book when u scan it?
    • dana engineer
      dana engineer on 04 Oct 09
       
      Google created a nifty infared camera technology that detects the three-dimensional shape and angle of book pages when it is placed in the scanner. It allows the OCR software to read text more accurately.
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  • How was one to go about scanning a book quickly and efficiently without destroying it?
  • dana engineer on 04 Oct 09
     
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