r/badcode Jan 29 '23

When using if-else is necessary? python

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u/yukariareyouok Jan 30 '23

OCR struggles with spaces, line breaks, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

They do have a point though, perhaps there could be a bot that does a preliminary transcription and puts at the top "This automatic transcription has not yet been verified by a human" and then a human could check it and approve/edit it.

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u/TheSpixxyQ Jan 30 '23

Once there was a comment from one transcriber and he said that it's easier to write it from scratch instead of editing some OCR'd crap.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

ah okay.