optical character recognition
English
Noun
optical character recognition (uncountable)
- (computing) The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.
- 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, , page 4:
- Texts were scanned, converted via optical character recognition, and part of speech tagged using CLAWS 7.
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electronic identification and digital encoding of characters
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