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0 pointsromwell1y ago0 comments

>I think a better solution would have been to use the serial port rather than the modem port to send a fax. Serial-to-USB adapters are easy to find.

With the file sizes involved, one could take a picture of the screen showing the hex dump with a smartphone, and then OCR that.

No need to even bother with external hardware.

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Given that the perfect image from the fax barely worked, a photograph would certainly not do.

romwellOP1y ago

>Given that the perfect image from the fax barely worked, a photograph would certainly not do.

Photo resolution is higher than a fax resolution, and one can increase the font size / decrease screen resolution.

Plus, they can still apply the same approach they used for fax.

wruza1y ago

Or they’d do with a similar accuracy, since the main factor here is font rendering resolution.

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