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Building a Batch Business Card OCR System: The Multi-Card Page Problem
A developer built a system to upload PDFs or images of business cards and auto-register contacts into a CRM. The main challenge was handling pages with multiple cards, as OCR doesn't separate them. The solution involved custom geometry-based splitting, with trade-offs between complexity and requiring users to scan cards in a grid.
Meridian48 take
The article highlights a common pitfall in OCR pipelines: assuming OCR can segment documents, when in fact that's a separate, non-trivial problem that often requires custom logic or AI.
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