Optical character recognition software

The software that electronically converts printed and typed images into machine-encoded text so that documents can be electronically stored, edited and digitally displayed.

OCR

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Dynamsoft OCR SDK
MeOCR
LEADTOOLS
Microsoft Office Document Imaging
SmartScore
ReadSoft
AnyDoc Software
FreeOCR
Puma.NET
Ocrad
OCRFeeder
Scantron
SimpleOCR
MathOCR
Tesseract
Nicomsoft OCR SDK
OCRopus
ExperVision TypeReader & RTK
Asprise OCRSDK
(a9t9) FreeOCR
GOCR
CuneiForm

knowledge

cross-sector

Optical character recognition software is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Optical character recognition software is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Data entry clerk: Data entry clerks update, maintain and retrieve information held on computer systems. They prepare source data for computer entry by compiling and sorting information, process customer and account source documents by reviewing data for deficiencies and verify entered customer and account data.
Data entry supervisor: Data entry supervisors manage the day-to-day operations of data entry staff. They organise the workflow and tasks. 

References

1. Optical character recognition software – ESCO