Essays
Reading and Transcribing Handwritten Menus in China
OCR struggles with messy handwritten Chinese menus. Here is why reading handwriting is its own skill and how learning to write builds it.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
How to Stop Students OCR-Cheating Character Tests
Phone OCR and instant translation make recognition-based character tests easy to cheat. The fix is to test production, not recognition. Here is how, for teachers and tutors.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Is OCR and Translation Making Character Amnesia Worse?
Instant OCR and translation let you read Chinese without ever recalling a character, which accelerates character amnesia. It is not permanent, but it is real. Here is how to reverse it.
Lawrence Arya··5 min