optical character recognition

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Scope note
The process of electronic conversion of handwritten or printed characters into machine-encoded text by means of an optical scanner, special software that identifies text images, and an output interface which reproduces them in electronic form.
optical character recognition
Accepted term: 22-Apr-2024