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OCRable

OCRable adjective: able to be accurately scanned by OCR (optical character recognition).

Adjective

OCRable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be accurately scanned by OCR (optical character recognition).
    • Finally, there's the expectation gap between what we think is OCRable and what can actually can be OCR'd. I can't tell you how many times I've talked to someone who has said, "When I try and scan this thing, all I get is garbage. How come?"—and the document in question is a preprinted...2008 June, Ross L. Kodner, “Why I Still Hate Scanners”, in GPSolo Magazine, volume 25, number 4, page 36

Origin of OCRable

From OCR + -able.

Questions about OCRable

What does OCRable mean?
OCRable means able to be accurately scanned by OCR (optical character recognition).
What part of speech is OCRable?
OCRable is an adjective.

Words near OCRable in the dictionary

  1. OCPs
  2. ocque
  3. ocques
  4. OCR
  5. ocra
  6. OCRable
  7. ocracies
  8. Ocracoke
  9. Ocracoker
  10. Ocracokers
  11. ocracy

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