character recognition

1. N-UNCOUNT Character recognition is a process which allows computers to recognize written or printed characters such as numbers or letters and to change them into a form that the computer can use. 字符識別[計算機]

...optical character recognition software that allows you to convert a scanned document to an electronic file. …能把掃描的文件轉(zhuǎn)換成電子文件的光學字符識別軟件。