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Multimodal AI

OCR

Optical character recognition

Technology that converts text visible in images or scans into machine-readable text.

Example

OCR converts a photographed receipt into searchable text and numbers.

Why people use it

Teams use “OCR” when they need to choose systems that handle the required media correctly.

What you'll hear

“Does this model support OCR, or is it limited to text?”

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