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Microsoft Beat Google to Image Text Extraction Patent
therottenword.com — Both companies have filed patents for technology that can scan images on the web and extract text from them, allowing their respective search spiders to index that text. Examples of searchable text would include store signs, billboards, and address numbers.
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