Body: <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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Comments.CreationDate: 2022-12-23T00:23:37.283Z
Comments.Text: I think it's safe to say no.  At least not at this time.  One pixel is not enough.
Comments.UserDisplayName: David Hoelzer
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Comments.CreationDate: 2022-12-23T02:53:35.793Z
Comments.Text: Maybe the exact scene would have to be  re-created exactly?
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Tags: <machine-learning><optical-character-recognition><image-super-resolution><text-detection>
Title: 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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ThreadText: # 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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