Google can now read sloppy handwriting from doctors for you.





 Patients often find it challenging to understand the prescriptions that doctors have rushed to write. This issue has been there for many years. The problem has been addressed by a number of software businesses, but so far, little to no progress has been made. Google has finally figured out how to decipher this mysterious writing. The search engine behemoth today disclosed that it has been collaborating with pharmacists to identify doctors' handwriting at its annual conference in India.


Users will be able to upload a snapshot from their photo library or take a picture of their prescriptions using a new feature coming to Google Lens. A Google official demonstrated how, after the image has been processed, the software highlights and finds the prescriptions indicated in the message.


According to the business, the technology will:


By enhancing the humans involved, such as pharmacists, act as an assistive technology for digitizing handwritten medical papers; nevertheless, no decision will be made simply based on the output offered by this technology.


The business said that India has the most Google Lens users worldwide, though it did not immediately say when the new feature would go live. This could indicate that the implementation will initiate in india


The annual Google for India event in South Asia highlights a number of recent advancements for the region. The development of a single, unified model that would support more than 100 Indian languages for both speech and text was also announced by Google for India.


India is a significant market for Google, with more than 500,000 users. Google has had it tough in South Asia, where the antitrust watchdog in India has fined it twice in recent months.The annual Google event in South Asia, Google for India, presents a number of fresh innovations for the area. Another claim made by Google for India is that it is creating a single, unified model that would support more than 100 Indian languages for both speech and text.


Google has around 500,000 users in India, making it a significant market. Due to two recent fines from India's antitrust authority, Google has had it tough in South Asia.


Google is now attempting to translate those incomprehensible texts. The search engine behemoth revealed Monday at its annual conference in India that it is collaborating with pharmacists to look into ways to read doctors' handwriting.


Users can either take a picture of the prescription or upload one from the photo library with this function, which is still a research prototype and not yet available to the general public. A Google official demonstrated how the software recognizes and highlights the medications indicated in the letter after the image has been processed.



However, no decision will be taken simply based on the output provided by this technology. "This will operate as an assistive technology for digitizing handwritten medical records by supplementing the humans in the loop, such as pharmacists," the statement reads.





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