optical character recognition
noun/ˌɒptɪkl ˈkærəktə rekəɡnɪʃn/
/ˌɑːptɪkl ˈkærəktər rekəɡnɪʃn/
[uncountable] (abbreviation OCR)
(computing)- the process of reading printed documents by machine so that the information can be processed by a computer or sent over a network
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