That's clear to you? Then you know nothing about digital images or OCR.
I have been designing and writing computer software for digital imaging for over 20 years.
That statement you made is 100% wrong.
It would have been a simple task to take an original BC to the copy machine and run off a few. You and I can do that. Why does Obama find that so difficult.
Occams' razor applies here- he cannot run off copies of an original because it was not easier to do that, for some reason.
“It would have been a simple task to take an original BC to the copy machine and run off a few. You and I can do that. Why does Obama find that so difficult.”
This is a ludicrous statement. What would he do with those copies? Walk down to the supermarket and hand them out like flyers?
No, the easiest way to distribute the document to the largest number of people is to make a digital copy and put it on the internet. That requires running it through a scanner.
Now, as far as the manner in which OCR software works as part of the scanning process, your 20+ years should plainly tell you that separating the document into parsable layers is a legitimate processing step. I don’t know what software package they were using, but if I had written OCR software, that could very be the strategy I employed.
And trust me - I know plenty about digital imaging and OCR. I don’t want to get into an IT credentials pissing match, but my team of 30+ developers and I could write that software easily if we weren’t engaged in other endeavors.
Assume, HI DOH went paperless a while back and the originals are stored off sight, safe in their little binders.
When requests come in they simply hit print from their little 'digital abstract' and you're on your way.