Re: Fax Machines

[John Veneruso <johnv -at- JOHNV -dot- MENTORG -dot- COM>]

The program you are referring to uses a process called
character recognition.  This program (and others like it)
do actually perform a useful function.

When you receive a FAX on your
computer, you are actually recieving a bit mapped image.
You cannot use a word processor to edit the image.
You can however, use either a paint or draw program to
alter it.

Possible uses for a textual version of the received FAX
include the following tasks:

  * Search for a word or phrase
  * Copy and paste phrases and paragraphs into
    another document
  * Saving the recieved information in a much more
    compact form.  A page of text requires a fraction of
    the memory space that the same page of bit mapped graphics
    requires.

The character recognition programs that I worked with
two years ago had approximately a 98% conversion accuracy.
(Some characters were misinterpreted.)  The errors are usually
found with a single pass of a spelling checker.  I believe
that some of these programs have an accuracy rate approaching
99.1% for printed material; however, the font that the material
is originally printed in can reduce the accuracy of the
conversion.

Good Luck...
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