Most doctors have terrible handwriting. When they write prescriptions, it is almost impossible for an ordinary person to make out what is written, and for pharmacists this often turns into another quest. The problem has been around for decades, and some tech companies have tried to fix it without success. Now Google has taken over the decoding of the doctors’ handwriting. During its annual conference in India, the search giant revealed that it is currently working with pharmacists to recognize these scribbles.
The new Google initiative will be rolled out as a standalone feature within the Google Lens app. The user must first take a picture of the prescription, after which the program will try to decipher the text, find and recognize medicines in it. The company says that the technology for digitizing handwritten medical documents is made possible by the involvement of a large number of specialists in this field. However, it should be seen as a supportive tool and not as a basis for decision making.
One thing remains unclear – in which countries and in which languages the recognition of recipes will work. The fact that Google introduced the technology in India speaks to its testing in this region. The company noted that India has the largest number of Google Lens users. The search giant is currently working on a single, unified recognition model covering more than 100 Indian languages for both speech and text to enhance the travel experience in South Asia.
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