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HOW AI WORKS IN DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used in various areas in real life like character recognition, face
recognition, speech recognition, and many more. With the use of AI, some of the technologies
become very powerful. In this chapter, we will discuss how AI works in some of the applications.
Optical Character Recognition
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technique to
convert an image of text or physical document into
editable form. It is also known as text recognition.
How does OCR work?
Now, let us understand the steps involved in any OCR
program:
1. A paper document is read by a scanner and converted
into a machine-readable form.
2. The letters, numbers and symbols are examined by OCR. It identifies the patterns, uppercase
and lowercase, etc.
3. At the end, OCR process the characters and converts them into computerised files.
Role of AI in OCR
Before the invention of OCR, converting physical text documents to digital was done manually.
It was a time-consuming process, and several retyping were required to make it error-free. With
OCR, the task has become easy. Once the document is converted into digital form, editing is easy.
With artificial intelligence (AI), handwriting interpretation has become accurate. AI is playing an
important role in the effectiveness of OCR. It ensures that these documents are converted with
the greatest possible accuracy.
Areas where AI-Powered OCR is Being Used
There are various areas where AI-powered OCR is being used. Some of them are as follows:
Document are scanned using OCR.
Robots use OCR to scan barcodes in the warehouses and find stock.
In bank, AI-paired OCR technology is used to scan a cheque from the front and back, validate
it and match it with the amount you deposit in the account.
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