Despite its long history, optical character recognition (OCR) hasn’t evolved significantly since its inception.

Microsoft recently added a new optical character recognition feature to Excel that lets users import data from a photograph taken from a smartphone. Here's how to use it. I first started using ...

Suppose you wanted to digitize the novel Moby Dick overnight. You could stay up all night typing and still not finish. Or you could use a high-end scanner and in minutes scan all of author Herman ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Maybe you’ve seen optical character recognition (OCR) technology used in your favorite crime show ...

Whether it’s auto-extracting information from a scanned receipt for an expense report or translating a foreign language using your phone’s camera, optical character recognition (OCR) technology can ...

Maybe you’ve seen optical character recognition (OCR) technology used in your favorite crime show, or perhaps you’ve used it to deposit a check with your smartphone. No matter your current experience ...