On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 08:16:07AM +1100, Tim Churches wrote: > > The data retrieved from step 4 will be computable data ! Not > > particularly well constrained, but not just image data either. > > Ah, OK. Our problem is that many users only want to record data with a > pen, on paper. No typing, no computers. And then scan the paper forms in > and have their data appear, automagically, in the database just as if > they had typed it. Nearly every user over the age of 50 asks for that. I see.
> Mind you, these are mobile users, and paper forms and a pen are highly > portable, robust and never need to be plugged in, so they do have a bit > of a valid case. No problem, the availability of pen-and-paper is nearly unbeatable. That would bring us back to constrained OCR. Which sort of pre-sets the range of output to expect from the OCR process. Always assuming users write down valid data ... Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
