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OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
Technology that extracts text from scanned documents or images.
Definition
Technology that extracts text from scanned documents or images.
How It Works
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) helps teams build predictable AI and translation workflows by setting clear expectations for quality, consistency, and decision-making.
In production environments, this concept is applied with process controls such as human review, terminology alignment, and repeatable quality checks across multilingual content.
Key Concepts
- core principle of ocr (optical character recognition)
- workflow-level implementation
- terminology and quality consistency
- human validation before publication
Where It Is Used
- localisation workflows
- AI translation pipelines
- multilingual content production
- cross-referencing related concepts such as OOV (Out-of-Vocabulary)