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How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting

Why it was recommended

This Tom Scott video shows some of the surprising (to me) lengths to which the USPS does go to figure out the right address

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What it covers

Tom Scott visits the USPS Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City, where keyers decipher mail images machines cannot read. It shows the lengths taken to decode bad. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel
Tom Scott
Length
7 min 53 sec
Year
2022
Open on YouTube

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