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Here's what I don't get about QR codes: why not just use URLs and OCR them? OCR seems to be pretty good these days, and you could always print the URL with a fo
by jmesserly 15y ago
Here's what I don't get about QR codes: why not just use URLs and OCR them? OCR seems to be pretty good these days, and you could always print the URL with a font of your choice (e.g. pick something easy to OCR).
And you get this cool feature ... humans can read them, too.
- icebraining 15y agoOCRing is much more difficult to get right; QR Codes are not only easier to scan, but they have plenty of error correction.