Just when you thought that the telegraph is dead that’s when it gets reborn as a casino. Well, not the telegraph itself but essentially the technology that powered the means of communication. More than 100 years after the Optical Character Recognition technology was first invented, the technology is now being given a new lease of life.
The technology is based on having a camera that can capture images and identify characters (text in the case of the telegraph). There is need for the machine to be able produce data that corresponds to the images. Today the devices that have this capability are more sophisticated than what the inventors of the technology thought possible.
It is now common for devices, especially mobile devices that have the capacity to connect to the internet to have built in OCR functionality. This has proven to be to the backbone behind the development of all sorts of applications. Some of the applications are used to help individuals with visual or hearing impairments. This is possible because of the high accuracy that is offered by the technology.
This accuracy has resulted in a new function being found for the tech. The online casino industry has been growing at an alarming rate since the first casino games went live in 1994. Just like any other industry that is based on the internet, online casinos for real money strive to keep abreast with latest technologies.
The latest offering at online casinos is the live dealer option. Live dealer casinos allow players to enjoy the some brick and mortar casino experience but from the comfort of their homes. Players get to play and interact with a live croupier as they would at a traditional casino.
This is made possible by the OCR technology which captures even minute details of the room and translates it to digital data allowing it to be streamed. Players are able to access the information and communicate back using their computers. And when things seem not be going right there is a live chat operator ready to assist at all times.
