Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

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Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
OCR is technology that converts 
different types of documents, such 
as scanned paper documents or images, 
into editable and searchable data by 
recognising printed or handwritten 
text.

Other languages: Hausa, Igbo

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Yorùbá (yo)

  • Ìfẹ̀rọkákọọ́lẹ̀-sórí-ẹ̀rọ

Decomposition: Using the machine to capture a written or published text on machine.

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  • Ẹ̀rọ asàwòrándọ̀rọ̀

Decomposition: Ẹ̀rọ tí ó ń sọ àwòrán di ọ̀rọ̀. A machine that turns images to texts.

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  • Asọṣẹ́di-kíkà-fẹ́rọ

Decomposition: A technology that converts documents, images, etc, to what can be read by the machine.

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  • Afòòyená Dọ́rọ̀kíkọmọ̀

Decomposition: Ẹ̀rọ tí ó ń lo òòye iná (beam of light) láti fi dá ọ̀rọ̀-kíkọ (text) mọ̀. Optical has to do with light and OCR uses light to recognise text from images or scanned documents.

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