Optical Character Recognition
/ˈɒptɪkəl ˈkærɪktər ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
Definitions
- (n.) The technology or process of converting different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents or images, into editable and searchable data through automated recognition of characters.
The contract was digitized using optical character recognition to ensure quick searches.
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Commentary
In legal contexts, OCR assists in managing evidentiary documents by enabling text searchability, aiding document review and discovery processes.
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