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OCR

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In office & administration, OCR means: Short for optical character recognition, technology that converts text in scanned pages or images into machine-readable characters.

In Turkish: optik karakter tanıma

How it is used

Used after scanning to make text searchable or editable; check recognised characters against the original.

Example sentences

  1. Run OCR on the scanned invoices so we can search for supplier names.

    Character recognition makes text inside images searchable.

  2. The OCR software read the letter O as a zero, so I corrected the reference number.

    Recognition can confuse similar characters and needs review.

Common collocations

  • run OCR
  • OCR software
  • OCR accuracy
  • scanTo copy a paper document or photo into a computer using a scanner or a multifunction printer, so that it becomes a digital file.
  • documentA piece of written, printed or electronic material that gives information or official proof of something, such as a contract, report or certificate.

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