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OCR - Is a physical Montior necessary?

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I'm using PAD and I've had to use OCR in some parts to make my flow work. I do avoid it where I can yet it's my fallback if I can't click the location I'm looking to click.

The question is, is there a way to remove the need for a physical monitor while using OCR? Can the computer run a virtual monitor and run OCR off that?

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Highboy 1,187 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hello
You do NOT need a physical monitor to use OCR.
I just did a test (unattended) in out production environment (Virtual machines), where I load google.com, and use OCR to find "google-Store" and click it.
Works great

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AshleyPettit 40 on at

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Ah thanks for that. I just tested it and realised that when I unplugged the monitor the resolution was changing. This was the issue.

I went into remote control the computer with it's monitor unplugged, set the resolution and now is great.

Thanks for responding.

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