"optical character recognition" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} 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. Wikipedia link: optical character recognition Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: OCR Related terms: speech recognition, voice recognition Translations (electronic identification and digital encoding of characters): 光學字符識別 (Chinese Mandarin), 光学字符识别 (guāngxué zìfú shíbié) (Chinese Mandarin), optické rozpoznávání znaků [neuter] (Czech), tekstintunnistus (Finnish), reconnaissance optique de caractères [feminine] (French), optische Zeichenerkennung [feminine] (German), Texterkennung [feminine] (German), οπτική αναγνώριση χαρακτήρων (optikí anagnórisi charaktíron) [feminine] (Greek), символдарды оптикалық танып білу (simvoldardy optikalyq tanyp bılu) (Kazakh), reconhecimento ótico de caracteres [masculine] (Portuguese), reconocimiento óptico de caracteres [masculine] (Spanish), teckenigenkänning [common-gender] (Swedish), teckentolkning [common-gender] (Swedish), textfångst [common-gender] (Swedish), optik karakter tanıma (Turkish)

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