character recognition

Text from images

Character recognition is the process by which a computer identifies letters, numbers, or symbols from images or handwritten input.

Optical character recognition (OCR) converts scanned documents into editable text.

Handwriting recognition interprets stylus or finger strokes on touchscreens.

The technology powers document scanning, postal sorting, check processing, and accessibility tools that read text aloud.

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input modality

character recognitionspeech recognition

Machines understanding human talk

speech-to-text · voice recognition

process direction

character recognitiontypesetting

Arranging text for print

printing

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