optical character recognition

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.

Equivalents

Españolreconocimiento óptico de caracteres

Françaisreconnaissance optique de caractères

Deutschoptische Zeichenerkennung Texterkennung

4 more languages

Suomitekstintunnistus

Portuguêsreconhecimento ótico de caracteres

Svenskateckenigenkänning

Türkçeoptik karakter tanıma

Examples

“Texts were scanned, converted via optical character recognition, and part of speech tagged using CLAWS 7.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

optical delusion optical depth optical disc optical disc drive optical disk optical disk drive

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