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Title
Science in Action: The Handwriting Reader
Creator
California Academy of Sciences
Herald, Earl S
Greanias, Evon C
Date Created and/or Issued
1963-02-04
Contributing Institution
California Academy of Sciences
Collection
California Revealed from California Academy of Sciences
Rights Information
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Description
This episode features Dr. Evon C.Greanias of San Jose, California's IBM demonstrating a remarkable experimental instrument, which was the first step towards a machine that could "read" handwriting and the precursor to the Optical Character Recognition technology now integrated into our daily lives.
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Type
moving image
Format
Print
16mm film
Extent
1 Reel of 1
00:26:48
Identifier
csfa_000075
Language
English
Provenance
California Academy of Sciences
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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