<p>Can an image of unknown text, with resolution of about one or two letters in real life represented by a pixel (like if the image is a photo taken from far away), be used by machine learning or AI to reconstruct the text based on the color of the pixel?</p>
<p>Meaning, if a certain group of letters make a certain colored pixel based on lighting and location, time, distance, etc., can that be reversed engineered to get the original text?</p>
<p>Edit: added if image was a photo taken from far away</p>

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2022-12-23T00:23:37.283Z
I think it's safe to say no.  At least not at this time.  One pixel is not enough.
David Hoelzer
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2022-12-23T02:53:35.793Z
Maybe the exact scene would have to be  re-created exactly?
AndroidUser558
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Can AI/ML be used to decipher unknown text on such a low resolution scale of one or two letters to a pixel by color?
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# Can AI/ML be used to decipher unknown text on such a low resolution scale of one or two letters to a pixel by color?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-12-22)

Can an image of unknown text, with resolution of about one or two letters in real life represented by a pixel (like if the image is a photo taken from far away), be used by machine learning or AI to reconstruct the text based on the color of the pixel?

Meaning, if a certain group of letters make a certain colored pixel based on lighting and location, time, distance, etc., can that be reversed engineered to get the original text?

Edit: added if image was a photo taken from far away

**Tags:** machine-learning, optical-character-recognition, image-super-resolution, text-detection

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think it's safe to say no.  At least not at this time.  One pixel is not enough.  
> **username_0**: Maybe the exact scene would have to be  re-created exactly?  

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