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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optical character recognition

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
op-ti-cal char-ac-ter recog-ni-tion
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Phrases

speech recognition voice recognition

Frequently Paired Words

homoglyph homoglyphic scanno speech recognition voice recognition

Synonyms

OCR

Questions

What does optical character recognition mean?
The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.

How to pronounce optical character recognition

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