Suitably OT, I just read an article about a University prof who uses
re-programmed voice recognition software to "read" and decipher the sounds
of keystrokes on keyboards. In one of 75 tries, he can duplicate a password
first try, with increasing accuracy on subsequent attempts.
>
> Not just photographic - OCR software is pretty impressive, specifically
> "Presto" as it is named over your side, which is a Russian product.
>
> I recall being told by a Russian IT specialist years ago that for his
> obligatory military service he was sent to work on image recognition
> systems. They were trying to develop software to determine the presence
and
> type of submarines/torpedoes from the disturbances of wave patterns made
on
> the surface. It makes OCR sound a trivial task.
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of James N. McBride
> Sent: 20 September 2005 18:11
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: OT OT Sekret stuff
>
>
> I always thought the cold war would be lost by the side that went broke
> first. On the positive side, some interesting photographic technology was
> developed. /jmac
>
> --snip
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