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光學字符識別

简光学字符识别 · 繁光學字符識別

Mandarin · pinyin guāng xué zì fú shí bié

optical character recognition (OCR)

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光: guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
學: xué · learning, knowledge; school
字: zì · letter, character, word
符: fú · i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm
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学: xué · learning, knowledge; school
识: shí · shì · recognize, understand, know
别: bié · separate, other; do not

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1–2–4–2–2–2 · guang1 xue2 zi4 fu2 shi2 bie2

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(computing) optical character recognition; OCR

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