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It seems odd to me to arbitrarily restrict the alphabet if the only requirement is that the data has to be readable by a machine through an OCR system. They cou
by deadbeeves 3y ago
It seems odd to me to arbitrarily restrict the alphabet if the only requirement is that the data has to be readable by a machine through an OCR system. They could have easily used the Latin alphabet to encode arbitrary bit strings.
- imtringued 3y agoHow do you pronounce 64656164626565766573?
- deadbeeves 3y agoYou don't? It's machine-readable.
- dathinab 3y ago> alphabet if the only requirement is that the data has to be readable by a machine its the only requirement because 1. it's only meant for OCR 2. it's clear that it won't be used by only OCR but at least also human interacting with the system, potentially phone calls passing this information by voice, and anyone who can't pronounce the original spelling. For fairness if you e.g. didn't sing at all in your life are somewhat tone deaf and now are expected to pronounce a asian you probably have to spend days or more until you can do so (just as a extreme example).