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his is a good news! Google Docs API tests new feature , OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
I got this information from Google Operating System blog.

If you want to test, here is the steps!

1. Go to this live demo.
2. Choose your image file. Here is the rule:

• Format: JPG, GIF, or PNG.
• Files must be fairly high-resolution — rule of thumb is 10 pixel character height.
• Maximum file size: 10MB, maximum resolution: 25 mega pixel
• The larger the file, the longer the OCR operation will take (500K: ~15s, 2MB: ~40s, 10MB: forever)
• Please note that the operation can currently take up to 40 seconds.

Wait for the result…

unfortunately, after attempted three times and i can’t get any OCR result

Tester file

Result page from OCR

O well, it is still in demo version and let us hope that Google will fix and develop this thing better.

Related links:

• Google Docs OCR
• Google Acquires ReCAPTCHA

Let’s install very smart ‘wiki tools’,  Google Sidewiki on your machine because from now on you are allowed to contribute helpful information next to any webpage.

It’s really awesome news because i’m part of any-wiki big fans. But my big question that still in my head is, why this plugin released only for IE and Firefox instead of Google Chrome?

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