Optical Character Recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. The following topics, although some being distinct fields of application, are also commonly referred to as OCR: Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), Optical Word Recognition (OWR), Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR), Intelligent Word Recognition (IWR).
Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping system in an office, or to publish the text on a website.
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