How The U.S. Postal Service Reads Terrible Handwriting

August 9, 2022

Have you ever wondered how the post office understands where to send mail with terrible handwriting?

At the Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City, keyers process 1.2 billion images of mail every year.

In this short video, Tom Scott visits the center and learns how they do it on their unique keyboards.

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