24 Sep Some things just refuse to die – OCR is one of them
The world is analogue. This is why OCR won’t die. Together with technologies like RPA and AI, it helps to deal with the world as it really is not how we’d like it to be....
The world is analogue. This is why OCR won’t die. Together with technologies like RPA and AI, it helps to deal with the world as it really is not how we’d like it to be....
Many times I’ve seen decisions on critical business IT hampered by conventional thinking. They used to say “nobody gets fired for choosing IBM”. Now, the safe thinking is to upgrade or otherwise remain with incumbent technology. This is perfectly understandable and often the wisest strategy...
OCR is a very clever technology and I would not want to decry its use to automate the capture of business information whether that’s in the purchase to pay world or other fields. But increasingly, I despair at its use. It’s being used to extract...