The definition of ocr is the process of translating the characters and words in scanned documents, pictures, or photos into digital form that is easily readable by computer programs. By using
OCR software, one can translate the text from being trapped within the image into characters that computers can easily identify. It makes the documents more easily searchable, editable, and processes digitally. The ocr technology is widely used in businesses for invoices, receipts, forms, records, etc. The ocr is also often combined with the document processing systems.