OCR technology what is it how does it work and what are some of it's use-cases (tech glossary)

 

 

Optical character recognition (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten, or printed text into machine-encoded text. OCR is a subfield of pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and computer vision research.

Some systems can generate formatted output that closely resembles the original page, including images, columns, and other non-textual components.

Some use cases include:

• Data entry
• Traffic sign & vehicle registration number recognition
• Scanning & book digitization efforts

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https://agrtech.com.au/glossary/optical-character-recognition-ocr/