The Open Dictionary

OCR

noun

UK/ˌəʊ.siːˈɑːʳ/
US/ˌoʊ.siːˈɑːr/

Definitions of OCR noun

  1. Uncountablecomputing

    An abbreviation for optical character recognition, which refers to the process by which an electronic device identifies printed or handwritten text or numbers.

    • OCR technology can save time on re-entering document data.

    • Many scanners come equipped with OCR software.

    • This software uses OCR to convert scanned documents into editable text.