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But errorproofness for swiss payment +</I>><i> slips is also quite relative: (a) the long reference digit chains only have +</I>><i> a very simple longitudinal 1-digit checksum that catches many, but not all +</I>><i> errors that happen if you key them in manually and (b) all the OCR pograms +</I>><i> that I have tested are far from perfect. And yes, for some time I tried to +</I>><i> use one of these portable devices - they accumulate limited quality of +</I>><i> scanning with limited quality of OCR conversion: between handling and +</I>><i> checking I spent more time than I need for manual input and verification. +</I>><i> +</I> +OK, quite possible. I haven't tried those myself, I had only experience +with the kiosks which work excellently. However, there the system does +cross-check the scanned data against the various databases (e.g. valid +account numbers) as well. + + +><i> +</I>><i> My recent error scenario illustrates this: my incorrectly keyed in digit +</I>><i> string happened to not trigger a checksum error, hence was accepted by the +</I>><i> ebanking system of my bank, but was then rejected by the destination bank +</I>><i> because the string did not make sense to them. +</I>><i> +</I> +Arg. That's pain, indeed. + + +><i> +</I>><i> Generalisation: maybe the concepts I put to work allow to create similar +</I>><i> tools / adjust the one I have made. I live part of my time in Austria - +</I>><i> Austrian slips should not be too difficult to handle along such lines. And, +</I>><i> maybe the mandatory introduction of IBAN input will create an incentive to +</I>><i> banks to improve the readability of their slips. +</I> + +That I doubt - if the slips aren't standardized, whether or not an IBAN is +there makes little difference :( Moreover, unlike Switzerland where the +banks actually do work together somewhat, it is still a wild west elsewhere. + +In Slovakia where I am from these slips are actually managed by the Post, +originally as a mean to send money by post (you send a slip instead of +cash) - that is what most people would know as a "check" there (classic +personal checks were not used since the WWII or so). The Post has machines +to automatically scan these. However, most companies send you a bill and +either don't attach the slip (most banks don't accept them anyway, only the +Post) or you must fill part of it by hand anyway. + +In Denmark you even have an option for the bills/slips to arrive directly +to your account with your bank, then you can pay them with a click of a +mouse if you don't have an automatic debit agreement. + +So I guess that it would always have to be an ad-hoc, country-specific +hack. + +Regards, + +Jan +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-discuss/attachments/20130215/65602b28/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009190.html">[Mageia-discuss] Reading payment forms with a scanner +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009192.html">[Mageia-discuss] Reading payment forms with a scanner +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9191">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9191">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9191">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9191">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |