Optical Character Recognition Software:

The OCR software used in this project was CARETS/BY HAND DELUXE
(Version 2.0) by Pattern Analytics, Inc. (Raleigh, NC).  CARETS
requires MS-DOS 3.0 (or later), 640K of DOS partition memory
(RAM), and a hard disk.  An 80287 math coprocessor will
facilitate font training operations.  According to the CARETS
"User's Guide", CARETS "incorporates a statistical pattern
matching method that enables it to measure how well scanned
letters conform in shape to known templates" (Pattern Analytics,
1989).  The program can read tight letter spacing where adjacent
characters overlap and sometimes touch, and can transcribe dot
matrix printer output.  

<cfile49>   Scanners
<cfile51>   Optical Character Recognition