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                  i +  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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