Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that converts images of printed or handwritten text into digital, editable, and searchable data. It works by analyzing the shapes and patterns of characters in an image, recognizing letters and words based on learned patterns, and then translating them into machine-readable text. OCR is commonly used to digitize documents, automate data entry, and enable text search within scanned paper files. It combines image processing, pattern recognition, and language modeling to accurately interpret and transform visual text into digital form.