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papercranelast Wednesday at 10:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

One of the reasons Calibri was selected over Times New Roman was it has a lower rate of OCR transcription errors, making documents using it easier for people using screen readers.


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blueflowlast Wednesday at 11:05 PM

Link on that, as OCR should be more reliable with Times New Roman due to significant serifs.

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carlosjobimlast Thursday at 3:43 AM

That doesn't make much sense, since a typewriter will neither type Calibri nor Times New Roman. And OCR should only be needed for type written documents, because any document made with Calibri or TNR is already digital.

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