What does an OCR stand for?

Answer 1

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text.

Answer 2

Optical character recognition (OCR) is the electronic copying of scanned images into machine readable documents such as the conversion of books into electronic files.

However, there are many other meanings for OCR so depends on what you are looking for. Below are some examples.

• Transvaginal oocyte retrieval, a technique used in in vitro fertilization
• Over consolidation ratio, a consolidation measurement in geotechnical engineering
• Official Cash Rate, the interest rate paid by banks in the overnight money market
• Optimum currency region, a theoretical optimal area where one currency would make most benefit
• Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations, a UK-based exam board
• Overclocked ReMix, an organization and website dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through re-orchestration and reinterpretation
• Ottawa Central Railway a Canadian Shortline owned by CN Rail
• Oxidizable carbon ratio dating, a method of absolute dating
• Offices of Civil Rights, common sub-agency or sub-component name of U.S. federal agencies:

Answer 3

OCR is a technique and technology that allows computers and software to "read" text. It can be used for many things, in particular to scan physical documents into its digital equivalent (e.g. scanning to PDF) or for looking up information that would otherwise be time-consuming to recognize every word by hand. It stands for Optical Character Recognition.

Answer 4

Optical Character Recognition, scanning the document and then being able to edit the text like it was a digital copy.

Answer 5

Optical character recognition. OCR recognizes the text in an image of a document, such as a PDF file, and creates an editable text file or searchable PDF.

Answer 6

Optical Character Recognition that's what it means

Answer 7

Optical Character Recognition

Answer 8

only copying required