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[Closed] Computer geek help rqd. (OCR type thing)

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Hi all.

I've got a picture of some paper tape, see below. Anyone know how I might convert it into numbers without having to type it all in manually?

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Posted : 11/07/2012 3:38 pm
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If you can write code then this might help you out.

[url= http://processing.org/ ]Processing[/url]


 
Posted : 11/07/2012 5:01 pm
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That's a challenge! 🙂


 
Posted : 11/07/2012 6:21 pm
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Cheers M_B, looks like fun!

atp, yep a challenge. Might well end up doing it by hand!


 
Posted : 11/07/2012 7:46 pm
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006041214373

This is perfect for the interweb 🙂

I could read a couple of lines fro you if I knew how it worked. ?

Share the load dude 🙂

OMG 🙄
http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/codes.html


 
Posted : 11/07/2012 7:47 pm
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Ah, well I know its a tape format. 5 bits per column. But that's about it.

I knew it was a long shot, but was hoping there was some clever OCR software out there that would cope with it.

Cheers for all the input though.


 
Posted : 11/07/2012 9:10 pm
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A bit of Matlab will do the trick... I made a start (was looking for an excuse to procrastinate) but really need to get some work done. It sounds like a fun problem so I might come back to it.


 
Posted : 11/07/2012 11:20 pm

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