AI & DataBeginner
OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
Pronunciationoh-see-AR
Definition
Technology that reads text from images or scanned documents and turns it into text a computer can use.
Where you hear it
Document scanning, invoices, and forms.
Examples
The OCR could not read the blurry photo.
We run OCR on every uploaded invoice.
Common mistake
Expecting perfect results from any image. Quality depends on the image, so clean it first.