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Recognition technology: A century of innovation
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A look at automated handwriting recognition's surprisingly colorful history which
has involved millions of dollars, a joint venture between the U.S. and Russia,
and an exhaustive rudy of the way characters are drawn.
For more than a century, engineers and scientists have sought to automate moving data from paper documents into information management
systems. Until recently, their efforts have met with only partial success. Documents containing cursive hand
writing, for example, have defied automated recognition, presenting a seemingly insurmountable technological challenge.
To be ...
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Protesters Take To Streets In Iran
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...sending thousands of riot police and street militia to crack...violent clashes between the police and protesters. NPR's Mike...blame the unrest on outside powers. In a speech in Tehran, the...that it was the tool of foreign powers. Khamenei made similar charges...
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Arizona Sheriff Stands Defiant On Immigration
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered
; ...host: John Morton and the Department of Homeland Security are also considering actions that would limit the power of local police to make immigration arrests, and that possibility has angered one of the most outspoken opponents of illegal immigration...
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IMPACT OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES ON ENERGY MARKET:PATRICK E. MCCULLAR
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...behalf of the American Public Power Association. APPA represents...utilitiesinclude state public power agencies and municipal electric...hospitals, public schools, police and firedepartments, and publicly...make it difficult for public power systems to consistently provideelectric...
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Iran Blames U.S., Others For Post-Election Protests
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...From Iraq to neighboring Iran, a large police force is working to keep people off the...hard on the protesters and blame foreign powers for the mayhem in the streets. These...what happened. Too many have seen the police beating demonstrators ferociously and...
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IMPACT OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES ON ENERGY MARKET:GARY GENSLER
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...futures markets and tradingto the American public as possible under current law. The agency also hasbroad surveillance powers to police the markets for fraud, manipulationand other abuses. Further, as directed by statute, the CFTC is currentlyseriously...
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CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE:DR. IVELAW LLOYD GRIFFITH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...seminal book The Paradox ofAmerican Power, Dean Emeritus of Harvard`s...national interest and a sourceof soft power`` and that ``the United States...re not going to be shakendown by police because the police aren`t getting properly paid...
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Human Rights Watch: Brazil's Police Too Violent
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...Human Rights Watch: Brazil's Police Too Violent Host: STEVE INSKEEPTime...on Latin America's rising power. Last week on this program...And it finds evidence that police are executing thousands of criminal...re in a big dangerous city, police say that a suspect resisted...
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AFGHANISTAN ASSESSMENT:CARL LEVIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...Instability in Afghanistan, or the returnof the Taliban to power, would not only provide fertile ground for Al Qaedaand other...Government of Afghanistan. Thatmeans: recruiting the soldiers and police needed to quickly expand Afghanforces; serious anti-corruption...
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SEN. CARL LEVIN CHAIRMAN SEN. CARL LEVIN HOLDS A HEARING ON AFGHANISTAN
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service
; ...Afghanistan or the return of the Talibanto power would not only provide fertile ground...the capabilities of theAfghan army and police. An Afghan surge should be our goal...That means recruiting the soldiers and police needed to quickly expandAfghan forces...
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HUMAN EVENTS: GO TO COPENHAGEN, BUT DON'T KILL ECONOMY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...powered by emissions-free electricity from the wind or a nuclear power plant, and it would have taken me a few days to get to Washington...truck stops to apartment complexes. Targets for carbon dioxide police potentially will include any football game in America that has...
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