How Does Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Work for Scanning Images or Texts?
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How Does Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Work for Scanning Images or Texts?
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Optical character recognition is the process of transforming an image of text into a text format that computers can read (OCR). For example, when you scan a receipt or a form, your computer saves the scan as an image file. It is impossible to edit, search, or count the words in an image file using a text editor. Optical character recognition software allows you to turn an image into a text document with its contents saved as text data.
Children and young people who have trouble reading can benefit greatly from these digital versions. Because of this, several readability-enhancing software programs can be used with digital text. Technology like an optical scanner or specialized circuit board is used to copy or read text, while software conducts any additional processing. OCR is mostly used to create PDF versions of hard-copy legal or historical documents. After the paper is saved in pdf format, users can edit, style, and analyze it as if it had been created using a word processor. Let's discuss how optical character recognition (OCR) works for scanning images or texts.