Because it understands what it's looking at. No clearer way to put it.
If you compare scanning random garbage text, it will likely be as bad as the others, including humans.
If you compare scanning random garbage text, it will likely be as bad as the others, including humans.
My understanding (based on the wording that OpenAI itself uses) is that it still uses OCR tech behind the scenes. It seems like they have developed some models to better comprehend the same OCR scanned content that others produce.
Apple's "live text" OCR gave, on 2 lines of a curved, tilted, low-res image:
Sert. size 1 Tosp (209)
Total Sugars 12g
Id. 9 Aded Supars 195%
When shown this, ChatGPT4 said "... This is where the context-sensitive interpretation I offer can be more effective, as I can understand that "Tosp" likely means "Tbsp" (tablespoon) and "Id. 9 Aded Supars" refers to "Incl. 9g Added Sugars."