OCR Technologies

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technologies identify and convert printed or handwritten text within images—such as scanned documents, photographs, or PDFs—into editable, searchable digital text. They analyze the visual structure of the image, recognize individual characters using pattern matching or machine learning algorithms, and then recreate the text in a format like Word or plain text. OCR speeds up data entry, digitization of paper records, and processing of printed materials, making information easier to store, search, and edit without manual retyping.