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purchankruly t1_j8rxsnf wrote

Reply to comment by Totally_Not_A_Bot_55 in TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document. by COMPUTER1313

I’d bet not, only because this OCR-ish software wouldn’t have existed back in the 80s and 90s.

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marmorset t1_j8ssfjv wrote

I was using a scanner with OCR software in 1991. It was a somewhat new technology, but not cutting edge. I worked for a small publishing company and while the OCR wasn't perfect, it was still much better than having to retype an entire book.

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