noun
optical character reader; OCR
Computing term for a device that reads printed or handwritten text optically.
光学式文字読取装置で書類をデジタル化する。
Digitize documents with an optical character reader.
Standard technical spelling using 読取.
Variant with okurigana 読み取り; less common in technical contexts.
OCR is the English abbreviation commonly used in Japanese technical contexts; 光学式文字読取装置 is the full Japanese term.
Compound of 光学式 (optical), 文字 (character), 読取 (reading), and 装置 (device).