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optical character recognition

computer recognition of visual text
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Optical character recognition is a software feature[1][2].

optical character recognition

Summary

optical character recognition is a software feature[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of software_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • optical character recognition's video is recorded as Portable scanner and OCR (video).webm[3].
  • optical character recognition's image is recorded as OCR.PNG[4].
  • optical character recognition's image is recorded as Corner.png[5].
  • optical character recognition's instance of is recorded as software feature[6].
  • optical character recognition's instance of is recorded as document digitization[7].
  • optical character recognition's GND ID is recorded as 4310936-6[8].
  • optical character recognition's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85095140[9].
  • optical character recognition's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11977472z[10].
  • optical character recognition's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11983059w[11].
  • optical character recognition's IdRef ID is recorded as 027813274[12].
  • optical character recognition's IdRef ID is recorded as 027884686[13].
  • optical character recognition's subclass of is recorded as algorithm[14].
  • optical character recognition's subclass of is recorded as text digitization[15].
  • optical character recognition's subclass of is recorded as pattern recognition[16].
  • optical character recognition's subclass of is recorded as data recognition[17].
  • optical character recognition's Commons category is recorded as Optical character recognition[18].
  • optical character recognition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d2zs[19].
  • optical character recognition's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph467694[20].
  • optical character recognition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Optical character recognition[21].
  • optical character recognition's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300387457[22].
  • optical character recognition's facet of is recorded as scanning[23].
  • optical character recognition's facet of is recorded as Create or Receive (Acquire)[24].
  • optical character recognition's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0046822[25].
  • optical character recognition's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/OCR[26].
  • optical character recognition's topic has template is recorded as Template:OCR[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for optical character recognition include OCR-A font[28], an open-source typeface[29], founded in 1968[30].

Why It Matters

optical character recognition ranks in the top 5% of software_feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include OCR-A font[28], an open-source typeface[29], founded in 1968[30].

Related Entities

ABBYY FineReader 11 Calamari Code stamp computer keyboard CuneiForm Document Understanding Transformer eScriptorium FineReader OCR gImageReader handwriting recognition IBM 3890 intelligent character recognition M. F. Tolba MICR natural language processing Nougat OCR4all OCRmyPDF OmniPage Pro 12 optical braille recognition optical character reader pattern recognition Raymond Kurzweil Readiris

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . bisok.com. bisok.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . jpgtotext.com. jpgtotext.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · ~2026-17936-14 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) → —
    Foldoc id → Optical+Character+Recognition
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) → 0046822
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → —
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