optical character recognition
noun /ˌɒptɪkl ˈkærəktə rekəɡnɪʃn/
/ˌɑːptɪkl ˈkærəktər rekəɡnɪʃn/
[uncountable] (abbreviation OCR)
(computing)- the process of reading printed documents by machine so that the information can be processed by a computer or sent over a network