Texterkennung

text recognition, OCR

noun TEKST-er-ken-noong Rare

Usage Note

Texterkennung (optical character recognition, OCR) converts images of text into editable digital text. Many scanner apps and PDF tools offer Texterkennung; it is essential for digitising printed documents.

Examples

"Die Texterkennung wandelt gescannte Dokumente in bearbeitbaren Text um."

Natural Translation

Text recognition converts scanned documents into editable text.

Literal Translation

The text-recognition converts scanned documents into editable text.

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