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Meaning of optical character recognition | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch optische Zeichenerkennung Texterkennung
Español reconocimiento óptico de caracteres
Suomi tekstintunnistus
Français reconnaissance optique de caractères
Português reconhecimento ótico de caracteres
Svenska teckenigenkänning
Türkçe optik 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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