Translation guide
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technical term for technology that converts images of text into machine-readable text. In Japanese, it is commonly referred to by the English acronym 'OCR' or the full Japanese term.
Referring to the technology or process of optical character recognition.
The English acronym 'OCR' is widely used in Japanese, especially in technical contexts. It is understood as-is.
このソフトはOCR機能を搭載しています。
This software has an OCR function.
The full Japanese term. Used in formal or technical documents, but less common in everyday speech than the acronym.
光学文字認識技術は、紙文書のデジタル化に不可欠です。
Optical character recognition technology is essential for digitizing paper documents.