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WhyOhWhyQ ◴[] No.46224941[source]
Is Calibri actually more accessible? Every step of this story seems pointless and fake.
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papercrane ◴[] No.46224996[source]
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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carlosjobim ◴[] No.46227403[source]
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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1. funnybeam ◴[] No.46228615{3}[source]
We have a process at work where clients export information from their database as a pdf which they email to us so that we can ocr it and insert into our database.

No one else seems to think this is bat shit insane