optical character recognition

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optical character recognition (uncountable)

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

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