SketchyApothecary t1_j8qjemm wrote on February 16, 2023 at 5:47 AM Reply to TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document. by COMPUTER1313 This isn't limited to Xerox. Lots of scanning recognition devices/programs have trouble differentiating 6s and 8s in some fonts when trying to convert images to text fields, and occasionally other numbers get mixed up as well. Permalink 33
SketchyApothecary t1_j8qjemm wrote
Reply to TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document. by COMPUTER1313
This isn't limited to Xerox. Lots of scanning recognition devices/programs have trouble differentiating 6s and 8s in some fonts when trying to convert images to text fields, and occasionally other numbers get mixed up as well.