Character recognition is a process which allows computers to recognize written or printed characters such as numbers or letters and to change them into a form that the computer can use.
[computing]
...optical character recognition software that allows you to convert a scanned documentto an electronic file.
character recognition in British English
noun
computing
a magnetic or optical process used to detect the shape of individual characters printed or written on paper
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character recognition
British English: character recognition NOUN
Character recognition is a process which allows computers to recognize written or printed characters such as numbers or letters and to change them into a form that the computer can use.
...optical character recognition software that allows you to convert a scanned document to an electronic file.
American English: character recognition
Brazilian Portuguese: reconhecimento de caracteres
Chinese: 字符识别
European Spanish: reconocimiento de caracteres
French: reconnaissance de caractères
German: Zeichenerkennung
Italian: riconoscimento dei caratteri
Japanese: 文字認識
Korean: 문자 인식
European Portuguese: reconhecimento de caracteres
Latin American Spanish: reconocimiento de caracteres