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OCR

abbr.

optical character recognition

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OCR

abbreviation for

(Computer Science) optical character reader or recognition

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OCR

1. optical character reader.

2. optical character recognition.

Translations

OCR

N ABBR (Comput)

1. =optical character reader → LOC m

2. =optical character recognition → ROC m

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OCR

[ˌəʊsiːˈɑː^r] n abbr

(=optical character reader) → lecteur m optique

(=optical character recognition) → ROC(= reconnaissance optique des caractères)

OCR

abbr of optical character reader, optical character recognition OCR font → OCR-Schrift f

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To achieve the best possible performance, the characters should be printed in a standard OCR font. Specifically designed to be read by machine, some of this font's characters have been given additional features to maximize the differences between them and characters that are similar in appearance when printed in a non-OCR font.

Joint effort leads to computer-based recognition of ink jet coding

Azalea is the premier bar code and OCR font publisher and includes Agfa, International Typeface Corp., Monotype, and others among their font distributors in addition to Hewlett-Packard.