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Comparative Review of Single-Line and Multiline Optical Character Readers Used in Mail Processing

GGD-84-78 Published: Aug 07, 1984. Publicly Released: Aug 07, 1984.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO conducted a comparative analysis of single-line optical character readers (OCR's) and multiline OCR's to evaluate the U.S. Postal Service's decision to use single-line OCR's instead of multiline OCR's.

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