How USPS decodes mail with handwriting machines cannot read
Tom Scott · Documentary · 8 min · 2022 · YouTube title: How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting
Why it's here
Recommended in address and OCR threads as a look at the last human mail-coding operation.
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 handwriting.