noun
optical character recognition; OCR
Technical computing term for technology that converts images of typed, handwritten, or printed text into machine-encoded text.
光学式文字認識を使って、紙の書類をデジタル化する。
We digitize paper documents using optical character recognition.
Compound of 光学式 (optical) + 文字 (character) + 認識 (recognition), a calque of English 'optical character recognition'.