4 Dec
2025
4 Dec
'25
5:15 p.m.
Have you tried Fine Reader?
The one problem I can see is the green bars. You might try fiddling with GIMP or
Photoshop to make those go away.
paul
On Dec 4, 2025, at 10:56 AM, Marc Howard
<cramcram(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've been trying for years to get usable scans of old computer listings. Look at the
attached file. It was printed with a Diablo HyType and new ribbon. There are only 64
unique characters (6 bit character set) in the entire listing. Courier (non-proportional)
font. And yet the OCRs are miserable, even ChatGPTs feeble effort.
Marc