+**Optical Character Recognition** (OCR) transforms images of text, like scanned documents or photographs, into machine-readable digital data. This process allows computers to interpret and edit content that was once locked in visual form, bridging the gap between physical paper and digital information. It relies heavily on [Image Processing](/wiki/image_processing) and [Pattern Recognition](/wiki/pattern_recognition) techniques to identify characters.
+## See also
+- [Machine Learning](/wiki/machine_learning)
+- [Computer Vision](/wiki/computer_vision)
+- [Digitization](/wiki/digitization)