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optical character recognition (OCR)

Definition

Ability of a software to convert scanned (digitized) image of printed or handwritten text into a form that can be recognized and manipulated by a word-processing program as alphabets, words, and numerals. OCR is employed in storing the contents of books and documents without the need of retyping or rekeying.

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