Optical character recognition (OCR) is a type of technology that allows images of text to be converted into machine-readable text. This can be done by scanning a document or taking a picture of it with a digital camera. OCR software then analyses the image and uses pattern recognition algorithms to identify the characters in it. Once the characters have been identified, they can be converted into digital text. This process can be used to convert images of handwritten or printed text into digital text, which can then be edited or searched using a word processor or other software. OCR technology can be used for a variety of purposes, such as digitising books, converting scanned documents into editable text, and extracting text from images for use in machine learning algorithms.
